Grandma Newman's Christmas Cookies
These butter cookies are a perfect base to decorate with family around the table
Equipment
- Mixer
- Roller
- Cookie cutters
- Cookie sheet
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 egg
- 3 tsp vanilla or other flavoring
- small splash milk if needed
Instructions
- Mix together the butter, sugar and egg thoroughly. Once combined, stir in vanilla or other flavoring of your choice.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Once sifted, add to the above mixture and mix until a dough forms. If the dough seems a bit dry, add a little milk. When mixing, the dough should pull away from the bowl.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Sprinkle some flour and roll out the dough and cut out cookies. (I recommend using half at a time — if the dough gets too warm and sticking to the roller, place back into the bowl and into the fridge)
- Bake cut out cookies for 5-7 minutes at 425 F. (I recommend 6 minutes, but it depends on the size and how many you are placing in at one time. You’re looking for the cookies to become barely golden brown on just the edges)
- Place finished cookies in tins and store in the freezer. Decorate the following day.