On the 3rd day of Christmas Cookies...Sugar Cookies

Today the Cut Up Queen group met at Cheryls house to decorate cookies that we had each baked at home and took to her house - to decorate!  It was a lot of fun...one of the messiest projects we have done...but one of the funnest as well! 

One of the ladies daughters got a 100 pc cookie cutter set for her recent birthday and she made names out of the alphabet....she gave me cookies to spell out  CUT UP QUEENS - how sweet is Kennedy??  She decorated half and I did the other half:

 

EASY SUGAR COOKIES

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Sweet Baking,
Kim