Thursday, March 12, 2009

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter - softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups flour
Directions
Preheat oven to 400ºF
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla.Add baking powder and flour one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff; blend last flour by hand. Do not chill dough. Divide dough into two balls.On floured surface, roll each ball in a circle approximately 12" in diameter and 1/8" thick. Dip cookie cutters in flour before each use.Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet in middle oven rack of oven for 8 to 12 minutes depending on size, or until cookies are lightly browned. Using spatula, remove cookies from cookie sheet and allow to cool on wire rack.
Submitted by Cindy Maliwauki

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