Sugar Cookies ;-)
| Prep Time: 240 min | Serves: 72 |
| Cooking Time: 6 min | Yield: 72 cookies |
OK - not great for diets but a fave of the family and since this recipe makes a lot if you freeze them in packets of 2 they make a nice treat.
Ingredients
- 6 cups Bread Flour
- 20 oz Butter
- 2 cups Sugar
- 4 egg
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Vanilla Extract
Directions
Whip softened butter with sugar using mixer paddle. Once it is light and fluffy add eggs (one at a time) and vanilla (can substitute 1 tsp vanilla for 1 tsp almond extract - artifiicial best to avoid allergy issues).
Combine dry ingredients (only 5 cups of flour - the other is for rolling dough.and slowly add them to the butter mixture. Once well blended wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours plus.
Use 1 extra cup flour for rolling. Pull small pcs of large dough roll at a time and roll on floured well surface - sprinkling flour on top of dough too. Cut and place on cookie sheet.
Bake 400 degrees for 6-7 minutes depending on cookie sheet. Insulated take 6 / non-insulated take 7.
Cool completely on cookie rack - frost using XX sugar moistened with water and food coloring. Add spinkles too ;-)