THE PERFECT SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE FOR COOKIE CUTTERS

Sugar cookies just scream “CHRISTMAS” to me, yet it took me years of trying before I found the perfect sugar cookie recipe. You’d think that it would be easy to find the right combination of sugar & flour to make great cookies – and you’d be right. But, to find the right recipe that will actually hold the shape during baking wasn’t quite so easy. With a little trial and error, I finally did it (and even used them to make sugar cookie gift tags this year.)



Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 sticks of butter, room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract.

Directions:

1. In the bowl of a mixer (or with a handheld mixer), cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in the egg and vanilla, then mix again until thoroughly combined. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredient and mix together until you 
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