Roll-out Sugar Cookie Recipe

Great sugar cookie recipe for cut-outs, and you don't need to chill the dough first!

Ingredients:
•1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened
•1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
•1 egg
•1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
•1/2 teaspoon no-color almond extract
•2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
•2 teaspoons baking powder
•1 teaspoon salt


Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.

2. In large mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add in egg, vanilla and almond extracts. Mix flour, baking powder and salt; add 1 cup at a time to butter mixture, mixing after each addition.

3. Do not chill dough.

4. Divide dough into 2 balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 12 in. wide and 1/8 in. thick. Dip cookie cutter in flour before each use.

5. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet on top rack of oven for 6-7 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.


Recipe may be doubled.

from Wilton.com