Rolled Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

 * 2 cup margarine
 * 1/2 cup Sugar
 * 1 tsp vanilla, extract
 * 1 egg
 * 2 cup flour
 * 2 tsp baking powder

Directions

 * 1) Cream together the margarine, Sugar, vanilla and egg until light and fluffy.
 * 2) Add about ¾ of the flour and the baking powder, reserving the rest of the flour for rolling.
 * 3) Blend until well mixed. Chill the dough for 2 hours or overnight.
 * 4) Roll out on a lightly floured surface until 1/8 inch thick.
 * 5) Cut with a cookie cutter. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
 * 6) Bake in a 375 degree oven until lightly browned, about 5–10 minutes.
 * 7) Cool before storing. Makes about 72 cookies 2 inch size or 6 small cookie sheets of various sizes.
 * 8) My note: if you aren"t too fussy, square or random shapes from the edges can be cut with a plastic knife or anything that is safe to use on your rolling surface.
 * 9) Decorate with a tiny piece of a cherry, Raisin or nut.

Two small cookies =
 * 58 calories,
 * ½ bread exchange,
 * ½ fat exchange 8 grams carbohydrate,
 * 0 protein,
 * 2 fat,
 * 46 mg. Sodium,
 * 10 potassium,
 * 8 mg cholesterol.