Soft Cut Out Cookies

Name: Soft Cut Out Cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup white sugar; 1 cup room temp butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 4 egg yolks plus 2 whole eggs; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 cup heavy cream (whipping cream or 1/2 & 1/2 works); 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp real vanilla; 5 cup sifted flour

kahnes.mom @cook_3469571

Waterloo, Iowa

These just may be the best cut out cookies ever. If you are looking for a crispy cookie, this recipe isn't what you are looking for. It stays soft and is more like a cookie biscuit. Very tasty when topped with Butter Cream Frosting.

kahnes.mom @cook_3469571

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Ingredients

1 3/4 cupwhite sugar
1 cuproom temp butter
1/2 tspsalt
4egg yolks plus 2 whole eggs
1 tspbaking soda
1 cupheavy cream (whipping cream or 1/2 & 1/2 works)
2 tspbaking powder
1 tbspreal vanilla
5 cupsifted flour

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Steps

1

mix all ingredients thourghly, mixing the flour last.
2

Refrigerate overnight. Dough will be very soft so needs to be very cold to roll out. Also refrigerate between batches.
3

use lots of flour to roll out cookie dough.
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bake at 350°F till cookie is just starting to brown on the bottom.
5

Frost with Butter Cream Frosting.