Sugar Cookies
This is a wonderful recipe for Sugar Cookies. The dough is very easy to handle for making cut out cookies. From the Great American Bake Sale.
List of Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter/margarine, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp. vanilla or 1/2 tsp. almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
- Mix in flour and vanilla to make a smooth dough.
- Roll dough out 1/8 inch thick on well-floured surface and cut into desired shapes.
- Bake 8-10 minutes until cookies are "set" and pale brown.
- Lift cookies off sheet while still warm.