Recipe of Award-winning Cut Out Sugar Cookies

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cut out sugar cookies using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cut Out Sugar Cookies:

1. Get Cookie Dough Ingredients :
2. Make ready 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
3. Take 3/4 cup granulated sugar
4. Get 1 large egg, room temperature
5. Get 2 tsp. vanilla extract
6. Make ready 1/4 tsp. almond extract
7. Make ready 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
8. Get 1/2 tsp. baking powder
9. Make ready 1/4 tsp. salt
10. Get Frosting Ingredients :
11. Make ready 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
12. Take 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
13. Get 2-2 1/2 tbsp. room temperature water or milk
14. Take pinch salt

Working with one piece of dough at a time (keep the other in the fridge), roll out the dough* until about ¼-inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut the dough and transfer the cookies to the baking sheet (work quickly so the dough stays cold). Use a very thin spatula to transfer the cut out sugar cookies from the floured surface to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper! To keep these sugar cookies soft, bake them until they are puffed and just barely set.

Steps to make Cut Out Sugar Cookies:

1. Cream the butter in a large bowl with the mixer until smooth and creamy, a minute or so. Add in the sugar and cream together another 2 minutes, until fluffy. Add in the egg, vanilla and almond extract and mix an additional minute or two.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add about half into the wet mix and mix until just combined, then mix in the other half of the flour mix.
3. Separate the dough into two seperate, equal portions. Roll each one out on parchment paper to about 1/4 inch thickness. Refrigerate rolled out dough at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
4. Once dough is chilled and your ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2-3 baking trays with parchment paper.
5. Take one dough portion out of the fridge and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Place shapes onto baking trays. Continue to re-roll dough until you've used it all. Repeat with second portion of dough.
6. Bake 8-10 minutes (my oven runs hotter and my cookies only took 6 minutes), rotating the baking tray halfway through the cook time. They should be just barely colored and look slightly underbaked.
7. Cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack. Allow the cookies to cool completely before frosting.
8. Once ready to frost, simply whisk the frosting ingredients together in a medium bowl. If using food coloring, add that in also.
9. Frost the cookies in any way you'd like. If using sprinkles, use right after frosting the cookie, before the frosting begins to set.
10. Frosting will be completely set within 24 hours, then you can stack them. But you don't have to wait, you can eat them immediately.
11. Store at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Use a very thin spatula to transfer the cut out sugar cookies from the floured surface to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper! To keep these sugar cookies soft, bake them until they are puffed and just barely set. They should not brown or they will become crunchy! Add the egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract and mix on medium speed until combined. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper (do not grease cookie sheets use parchment paper only).

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