2 sticks butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups flour
Cream butter and sugar in a mixer for a couple minutes until smooth and fluffy. Beat in extracts and egg until well combined.
Add baking powder and flour to the bowl 1 cup at a time while continue to mix.
Place dough on a floured cutting board, rolling mat or on parchment paper. Divide dough into batches to roll out. Wet your hands to work with dough if it's dry and crumbly.
Roll dough out to about 1/4" thick. Flour your cookie cutters or spray them with nonstick cooking spray to keep them from sticking to your dough. Cut out your cookies and bake them for 6-8 minutes at 350*.
Let your cookies cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes before attempting to remove them.
They should not have browned edges if your cookie seems under or over done just the time by a minute at a time to achieve the perfect cookie for your personal thickness and oven.
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In a pinch, this icing works great!
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Do people seriously roll the dough out 500 times to keep cutting cookies? I don't have time for that! I threw the scraps on the pan and baked them. They were a perfect snack while decorating the cookies! ;)
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Recipe for royal icing to decorate cookies
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