Roll-Out Sugar Cookies
Easy to handle dough and easy to decorate cookies. Firm, not too fragile, and tasty!
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 7 mins
Decorating Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 30 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
- 1 c butter or margarine softened
- 1 c sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 t vanilla
- 2 t baking powder
- 3 c flour
Preheat oven to 400°
Cream together butter and sugar
Beat in egg and vanilla
Add baking powder and flour, one cup at a time, mixing after each addition.
Do not chill dough. On a floured surface, roll out dough 1/4" thick. Dip cutters in flour before each use.
Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet on top rack of oven for 7 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
Allow to cool and then decorate with buttercream frosting.
Keyword Easter cookies, holiday cut-out cookies, sugar cookies