Fabulous Cut-Out Cookies

Name: Fabulous Cut-Out Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 20 cookies, 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup white sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 3 cups flour

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Recipe by wife2abadge

I've tried many recipes for roll-out, cut-out cookies and this is IT! The cookies are tender and have a perfect taste. It doesn't make a gigantic amount either. For chocolate cookies, stir 3 oz melted unsweetened chocolate into the dough.

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READY IN: 22mins

SERVES: 20

YIELD: 20 cookies

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup white sugar
1

cup butter
1

large egg
1

teaspoon vanilla
2

teaspoons baking powder
3

cups flour

DIRECTIONS

Cream butter and sugar.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Mix baking powder and flour and add it to the dough one cup at a time, mixing after each addition.
If the dough is too stiff, add water one tsp at a time.
Do not chill the dough.
Divide dough into two balls.
Between sheets of waxed paper, roll out each ball into a 12" diameter circle, 1/8" thick.
Cut out cookies.
Bake on an ungreased ccokie sheet at 400° for 6-7 minutes (or longer if large cutters are used).
Frost & enjoy!

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