Description
Delicious and festive Christmas cut out cookies.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light.
- Add egg, vanilla extract, and almond extract to the butter mixture.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients.
- Chill dough for at least 1 hour.
- Roll out dough and cut into desired shapes.
- Place cookies on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
- Cool and decorate as desired.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container.
- Use royal icing for decorating.
- Dough can be frozen for up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
Keywords: christmas cut out cookies