No-chill Cutout Cookies

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 cream together the butter and sugar.
• 3 add the egg and vanilla, mix until well blended.
• 4 in a separate bowl sift together the flour and and baking powder.
• 5 then graduadually add it to the butter mixture and blend well.
• 6 form the dough in to a smooth ball.
• 7 roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 to 1/4" thick.
• 8 cut out with cookie cutters and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 9 fill each sheet with cookies of equal size to ensure even baking.
• 10 bake 6 minutes (a bit longer for thicker cookies).
• 11 they shouldn't brown at all.
• 12 remove from cookie sheets and cool on wire wracks
• 13 decorate as desired when cool.