Grandma’s Grandma’s SugarCookies SugarCookies

NATALIE DUFNER

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup salted butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp almond extract

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ tsp salt

DIRECTIONS:

Mix ingredients in order beginning by creaming the butter and sugar.

Add egg and almond extract. Combine flour, baking powder and salt Add dry ingredients to the mixture until just combined Chill dough for 1 hour in the fridge before rolling Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Flour surface and rolling pin. Roll out dough a little at a time leaving remaining dough in fridge. Cut into desired shapes. Bake for 4-12 minutes depending on thickness of dough.

*Traditionally my family rolls out this cookie dough incredibly thin, cuts small shapes and decorates with colored sanding sugar BEFORE baking. These thin cookies only need 4-5 minutes in the oven and come out buttery, sweet and crisp. If you want to roll the dough thicker you can make larger/softer cookies for decorating with your favorite royal icing or buttercream The thicker cookies will then need more time in the oven (8-12 minutes).