Perfect Cut Out Sugar Cookies

These Cut Out Sugar Cookies are soft, thick, sinfully buttery and taste amazing whether they are decorated or not! Make easy sugar cookie cut outs that keep their shape & edges. Great for decorating with royal icing or sprinkles. This is a no-chill recipe! I can assure you, that this recipe has always given me consistent results. Since they don’t spread, they maintain crisp, well defined edges which makes them perfect for decorating with royal icing. I get rave reviews on these cookies all the time. They have a pillowy, soft texture and are supremely buttery. They are proof that cut out sugar cookies do not need to be hard and crunchy to hold their shape.

Ingredients:
1c & 4tbsp butter, softened at room temp
1 c granulated sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 c all purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp fine salt

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Prepare baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, beat the butter & sugar and light and fluffy using a hand mixer.
Add in the egg, egg yolk & vanilla. Beat until well combined.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder & salt.
Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and gently mix on low speed. Once the flour is about absorbed, add the remainder of the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Do not over mix and be sure to thoroughly scrape the sides and bottom of your bowl every so often while mixing.
To roll out the dough, start with about ¼ of the dough and roll out on a lightly floured surface (ensuring your rolling pin is also lightly floured).
Roll to a ¼ inch thickness. Cut using your desired cookie cutters. Use an offset spatula to lift the cookies off the surface and place the cookies on the prepared tray. If you are decorating with sprinkles, this is when you would sprinkle your cookies.
Bake for 11-13 minutes. Since all ovens vary, I suggest starting your timer with 10 minutes and see how they look. These cookies are done when they are barely golden brown on the edges.
Allow to cool on the pan for 5 minutes and transfer to a baking rack to finish cooling. Decorate as desired.

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