The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
- 1 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Almond Emulsion
- Mix Flour, salt, and baking powder in separate bowl and set aside
- In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
- Beat in eggs, vanilla, and almomd into wet ingredients
- Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Dough will become extremely sticky.
- DO NOT ADD MORE FLOUR.
- Rather, cover it, and place the bowl in the fridge for about 20 minutes.
- Remove, and work in the flour until just mixed.
- DO NOT OVERWORK DOUGH!
- Divide dough into 2 portions and wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Overnight, preferably.
- Preheat oven to 400*
- Sprinkle powdered sugar on rolling surface, and on dough disc.
- Roll out to 1/2 in thick.
- Use cookie cutters, and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake 5-7 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely before frosting
butter, white sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, salt, emulsion
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/475084-the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies (may not work)