Christmas Sugar Cookies

Name: Christmas Sugar Cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Cups Salted Butter (NOT margarine); 2 Cups Sugar (granulated); 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder; 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda; 2 Teaspoons Vanilla; 4 Eggs; 1/3 Milk (add more or less depending on humidity to form a soft dough); 6 Cups All Purpose Flour

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Original family recipe - 1/2 Batch

Panndoria @Panndoria

Original family recipe - 1/2 Batch

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Ingredients

2 CupsSalted Butter (NOT margarine)
2 CupsSugar (granulated)
4 TeaspoonsBaking Powder
2 TeaspoonsBaking Soda
2 TeaspoonsVanilla
4Eggs
1/3Milk (add more or less depending on humidity to form a soft dough)
6 CupsAll Purpose Flour

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Steps

1

Cream room temperature butter and sugar.
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Add all other ingredients except flour and mix well.
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Stir in flour. Mix well but work the dough as little as possible. Over mixing makes cookies hard or tough.
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Option 1 - Put dough into a cookie press and press onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 until firm but try to remove before edges start to turn brown.
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Option 2 - Place large handful of dough on floured surface. Roll to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut out with cookie cutters. Place cookies on cookie sheet and bake at 350 until edges barely begin to turn light brown.
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Let cookies cool completely and then frost and decorate.
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Tip: If you prefer a soft cookie, place cookies in a sealed container (or even a zip lock) and place a piece of white bread in the container (two for a larger container). This makes all the difference in the world for all cookies I have made! If you prefer a crisper cookie you can leave the cookies in for an extra minute and do not use the bread.