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Butter Sugar Cookies Recipe: Soft Cut-Out Cookies for Christmas Decorating

Soft cut-out sugar cookies that hold their shape, perfect for decorating with icing and sprinkles. A must make for your Christmas cookie box. Ideas for sugar cookies, cut out cookies and Christmas cookies.

Butter Sugar Cookies: recipe card with ingredients and steps

Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

  1. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy
  2. Beat in egg and vanilla, then fold in the dry ingredients
  3. Chill the dough 30 minutes and cut shapes
  4. Bake at 350°F / 175°C for 9 minutes

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