Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter - softened
- 3 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Directions
- 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 overnightr).
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick.
- Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter.
- Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven.
- Cool completely.
TIP: Roll cookie dough out on parchment paper and cut out shapes with cookie cutter. Remove dough around cut outs and transfer parchment paper ont cookie sheet. This way you don’t ruin the cookies by peeling them off the counter and you can reuse the parchment paper for your next batch.