Cookie Cutter Cookies

• 2 sticks Soft Salted Butter
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla
• 1 whole Egg
• 3 cups Plain Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
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• FOR THE BUTTER CREAM FROSTING:
• 2 sticks Soft Butter
• 4 cups Powdered Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla
• 3 Tablespoons Heavy Cream

1. Cream butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg. Beat 2 minutes on high speed. Mix flour and baking powder together, then add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture a cup at a time, beating after each addition.
2. Divide dough into halves and form a ball with each half. Turn dough onto a floured surface. Roll each ball of dough into a 12" diameter circle, about 1/8" in thick. Dip cookie cutters in flour and cut out cookies. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets, leaving a couple of inches of space around each cookie. Sprinkle any cookie trims on cookies before baking. Bake at 400 degrees for 5-6 minutes, or until cookies are only slightly browned. Remove cookies from the oven and let them completely cool. Decorate cookies with colored butter cream frosting. Watch them disappear quickly!
3. Butter Cream Frosting:
4. Cream butter and powdered sugar together with a mixer. Add vanilla and cream. Mix on high speed until frosting is light and fluffy. Add food coloring if desired. To make evergreen trees, use a grass cake decorating tip.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/cookie-cutter-cookies/ (may not work)