Holiday Butter Cookies

Peeper says its that time of year for baking and sharing goodies with the family and friends. With the ups and downs this year, is there a better way to spend the afternoon with your children making cookie dough, rolling it out, getting out the cookie cutters, baking and decorating some really special holiday treats? Well, here's the recipe:

Holiday Butter Cookies

Yield: About 3 dozen cookies

Baking time: 6 to 10 minutes per cookie sheet

Ingredients:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup raw sugar

1 egg

2-1/2 cups unbleached white flour

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking powder

Combine and cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Add eggs and beat at medium speed until mixture is creamy. Scrap bowl often. Reduce mixer speed to low, add flour, lemon juice, vanilla and baking powder. Beat until well mixed. Divide up the dough into three quarters. Wrap each section in Saran Wrap and refrigerate overnight.

To Bake:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Take out one section of dough, let soften at room temperature and roll out on a lightly floured surface. Keep remaining sections of dough in the refrigerator. Roll out dough to one quarter (1/4) inch thickness. Cut dough with a three (3) inch cookie cutter and place one inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for six (6) to ten (10) minutes or until the edge of each cookie is lightly browned. Cool and decorate or frost cookies as desired.

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