Holiday Cookies

Holiday Sugar Cookies

Prep: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Additional Time: 2 hours

Oven: 400F

3 ¾ cups of all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 ½ cups of white sugar

1 cup margarine or butter, softened

2 eggs

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

1. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl; set aside.

2. Beat sugar and margarine or butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat the first egg into the butter mixture. Beat the second egg into mixture along with the vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined. Wrap dough; chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

3. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F, (200 degrees Celsius). Grease two cookie sheets.

4. Roll out dough on a cleaned floured surface to ¼ thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters; arrange them on the prepared cookie sheets. Gather scraps and repeat the steps.

5. Bake in batches in the preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition facts: Per serving: 97 calories; total fat 4g; saturated fat 1g; cholesterol 8mg; sodium 81mg; total carbohydrate 14g; dietary fiber 0g ; total sugars 6g; protein 1g; calcium 10mg; iron 1mg; potassium 16mg