I make these Christmas cookies every year! They're soft cut-out sugar cookies that I sprinkle with colored sugar before baking. You can frost them with icing when cool if you prefer.
Ingredients
- ¾ cups all-purpose flour: 3 piece
- baking powder: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ½ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- margarine: 1 cup (softened)
- eggs: 2 piece
- vanilla extract: 2 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
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Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside. ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
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Beat sugar and margarine in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Wrap dough; chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
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Beat first egg into butter mixture. Beat second egg into mixture along with vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined. ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
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Wrap dough; chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets. ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
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Roll out dough on a clean floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters; arrange them on the prepared cookie sheets. Gather scraps and repeat this step. ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
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Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
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Serve and enjoy! ALLRECIPES / BAHAREH NAITI
