Holiday Sugar Cookies

This Easy-to-Handle Dough is Perfect For Christmas Cutouts

Ingredients

 * 2 1/4 Cups all-purpose flour
 * 1 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder
 * 1/4 Teaspoon salt
 * 3/4 Cup butter or margarine (1 1/2 Sticks), Softened
 * 1 Cup sugar
 * 1 Large egg
 * 1 Tablespoon milk
 * 2 Teaspoons Freshly Grated lemon peel or vanilla extract

Directions

 * 1) 1. in Medium Bowl, Combine flour, baking powder, And salt. in Large Bowl, With Mixer at Medium Speed, Beat butter And 3/4 Cup sugar Until Light And Fluffy. Beat in egg, milk, And lemon peel Until Well Combined. Reduce Speed to Low; Beat in flour Mixture Just Until Blended. Shape Dough Into Disk; Wrap And Refrigerate at Least 2 Hours or up to Overnight.


 * 1) Preheat Oven to 350? F. Grease And flour Two Large Cookie Sheets. on Lightly Floured Surface, With Floured Rolling Pin, Roll Half of Dough 1/8 Inch Thick; Keep Remaining Dough Refrigerated. With Floured 3-Inch Assorted Cookie Cutters, Cut Dough Into as Many Cookies as Possible; Reserve Trimmings For Rerolling. Place Cookies, 1 Inch Apart, on Prepared Cookie Sheets. if Desired, With Drinking Straw or Skewer, Make 1/4-Inch Hole in Top of Each Cookie For Hanging. Sprinkle Some of Remaining 1/4 Cup sugar Over Cookies.


 * 1) Bake Until Golden, About 10 Minutes, Rotating Cookie Sheets Between Upper And Lower Oven Racks Halfway Through Baking. With Wide Spatula, Transfer Cookies to Wire Racks to Cool Completely.


 * 1) Repeat With Remaining Dough And Trimmings.

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