Merry Maker Christmas Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter (i use half of each) or 1 cup margarine (i use half of each)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• food coloring (either liquid or paste)

Recipe

• 1 mix sugar and butter.
• 2 add eggs and flavorings; mix well.
• 3 mix dry ingredients together, and blend in to other mixture.
• 4 divide dough into several parts.
• 5 tint each a different color.
• 6 make as many different colors as you like, but make sure they are really different to get the strongest contrast.
• 7 refrigerate dough for two or three hours.
• 8 take each color of dough and roll into small balls.
• 9 place an assortment of different colors next to each other, making sure no two of the same colors touch.
• 10 roll together, until about 1/8-inch thick.
• 11 cut as many cookies as possible from dough, because if you reroll it, it will smear together.
• 12 or, you can make a few at a time by rolling only a few balls at a time.
• 13 bake cookies at 375°f for 7-8 minutes, or until lightly golden on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• 14 these cookies freeze well.