Sugar Cookie Dough

​Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups unsalted butter, room temperature

• 1.5 cups sugar

• 3 large eggs

• 5 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 4.5 cups all-purpose flour

• 4.5 teaspoons baking powder

• 3/4 teaspoon salt

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Directions

• Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well combined. Beat in vanilla. 

• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly beat into butter mixture, just until combined. Cover and refrigerate for one hour.

• Then lightly flour the surface, rolling pin, and the top of the dough and roll out the dough evenly.

• Preheat oven to 350° and then take your cookie cutters and start making your holiday cookies :)

• Put the cookies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

• Bake for 10-12 minutes or just until set; do not brown. Let cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes before removing to cooling racks or paper towel to cool completely.