Description
This recipe always comes out perfect. My toddlers and I make these often. I throw the dough together in the morning and let it sit in the fridge. I take it out at dinner time to let it warm just a bit, and we roll them out and ice them after for dessert. You use different flavors of extract and add spices. For fall, I use maple extract and add cinnamon and nutmeg. I use my mixer to prepare dough and it comes together super easy.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Blend egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture.
- Stir flour
- baking powder
- and salt together in a bowl; mix into the butter mixture until just incorporated. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Remove from refrigerator and let the dough warm to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Roll dough out onto a flat surface to about 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut dough into shapes with cookie cutters; arrange onto baking sheets.
- Bake cookies until firm in the center
- but not yet browning
- 8 to 12 minutes. Let cool briefly on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 12