Almost Sweetopia Sugar Cookie Cutouts
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
30-32 4 inch cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup butter flavor shortening
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 6 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 6 cups flour
directions
- By hand, cream the butter and sugars in a large bowl.
- Add the first egg and mix well.
- Add the second egg with the vanilla and almond extracts and mix.
- Sift the flour into the bowl and mix until smooth--do not overmix.
- Split the dough into four pieces (two if making a half batch) and pat each section into a disk about 1 1/2 cm thick.
- Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Between the plastic wrap and some parchment paper, roll out the dough to 1 cm and cut out cookie shapes. Then mush together and re-roll scraps.
- Place cutouts on parchment paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to chill again. (They will then hold their shape better when baked after chilling. I sometimes chill overnight and bake the next day.).
- Preheat your oven to 350°F or 176°C.
- Bake cookies for 8-15 minutes or until the edges are golden. (The baking time will depend on the size of your cookie. In my oven, 4 inch cookies take 15 minutes).
- Let cookies cool to room temperature and decorate!
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