Basic sugar cookies

Name: Basic sugar cookies
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 5 cup plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 cup caster sugar; 337 grams butter, softened

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Basic sugar cookies

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Ingredients

30 mins

4eggs
1 tspvanilla extract
5 cupplain flour
2 tspbaking powder
1 tspsalt
2 cupcaster sugar
337 gramsbutter, softened

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Steps

30 mins

1

Using a large bowl mix together butter and sugar, cream until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt.
2

Wrap the dough in cling film and chill in fridge for at least one hour. You may chill overnight.
3

Preheat oven to 200°c. Roll out dough on floured surface to approximately half a cm thick or one cm if you prefer a thicker cookie.
4

Use a cookie cutter of your choice to cut the dough. Place the cut cookies on a tray lined with baking paper approximately 2 1/2 cm apart.
5

Bake in the oven for 6-8 minutes or until the base of the cookies turn a slight brown. Remove and cool on a wire rack. Cookies may be kept in an airtight container.