This sugar cookies recipe is so easy to make. It is soft and keeps its shape after baking. It’s perfect for decorating!

My daughter loves to help me bake. I enjoy baking with her. It’s mother daughter bonding time. She helped me picked the cookie cutter shapes. After I rolled out the dough, she helped me cut it. Making sugar cookies is similar to play-doh so she likes it and had fun helping.

Ingredients:

• 3 Cups of flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 2 1/2  Sticks of butter
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Directions: 

Preheat the oven to 325 Degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, stir flour and baking powder together. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Add the flour and baking powder in and knead the dough.

Roll the dough out into 1/4 inch thick. Using cookie cutters, cut them into shapes. Place the cookies on the baking sheet and put it in the fridge for 5 minutes. Then bake for 10-12 minutes. Let it cool off before decorating.

I made my own royal icing for the sugar cookies. Click here for the recipe.

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Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Servings: 24 Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 Cups Flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• 2 1/2 Sticks of butter
• 1 Cup sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 Egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 325 Degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, stir flour and baking powder together. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Add the flour and baking powder in and knead the dough. 
• Roll the dough out into 1/4 inch thick. Using cookie cutters, cut them into shapes. Place the cookies on the baking sheet and put it in the fridge for 5 minutes. Then bake for 10-12 minutes. Let it cool off before decorating.