Sugar Cookies (my favorite)

These are my favorite Sugar Cookies

 Ingredients:

• 2 sticks salted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 cups flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
2. Add egg, vanilla, and baking powder, mix until incorporated.
3. Add flour, one cup at a time, mixing on low in between additions until it is barely stirred in.
4. After the third cup mix a little longer but stop as the dough begins to form and leave the sides of the bowl.  It will NOT be all incorporated into a neat dough ball. 
5. Gather up the dough in the bowl into a ball with your hands.
6. Roll out the dough and cut out shapes.
7. Bake 10 minutes.
8. Cool on racks.  Decorate when completely cooled or eat them plain.

I find the dough rolls out easily.

I like to ice them with Royal Icing because the icing dries hard.

Got the recipe from Blogger Friend Karen, but sorry to say she no longer blogs.

Happy Eating.