These soft Christmas cookies will quickly become a holiday tradition in your family.
Ingredients
✓3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
✓1 teaspoon baking powder
✓½ teaspoon salt
✓1 ½ cups white sugar
✓1 cup butter or margarine, softened
✓2 large eggs
✓2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
1
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
2
Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
3
Beat first egg into butter mixture. Beat second egg into mixture along with vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined.
4
Wrap dough; chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
5
Roll out dough on a clean floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out shapes using Christmas cookie cutters; arrange them on the prepared cookie sheets. Gather scraps and repeat this step.
6
Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
