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Soft Christmas Cookies

Classic soft cut-out butter cookies for Christmas, sprinkled with homemade colored decorating sugar and lightly golden at the edges.

AmericanVegetarianEasy20 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
36
  • 3 0.8 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 0.5 cup white sugar
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cup colored decorating sugar

Instructions

  1. 1

    Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla.

  2. 2

    Gradually blend in sifted ingredients. Cover dough and chill for 2 hours.

  3. 3

    Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease cookie sheets. On a floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness.

  4. 4

    Cut out shapes using cookie cutters. Sprinkle with decorator sparkling sugar.

  5. 5

    Bake 6-8 minutes until edges are barely brown. Cool on wire racks.

Tags

holidayChristmassugar cookiescut-outsoftdecorated