Easy Holiday Cookie Recipe: Sugar Cookies

Makes 25 to 30 cookies

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 Tbsp milk

Glaze

• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Sift 1½ cups flour with baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
2. In another bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer. Beat in sugar, egg, vanilla, and milk with a whisk attachment.
3. Slowly stir in flour mixture. Add remaining flour a little at a time until the dough is stiff enough to roll out. Flatten dough into a disk and chill for at least two hours.
4. Preheat oven to 375°F.
5. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to about ?"; cut out shapes.
6. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on the sheet for a couple of minutes, then transfer to a rack.
7. Whisk the glaze ingredients together till smooth; for thinner glaze, add more milk. Drizzle or brush on the cookies.

More holiday cookie ideas:

• Italian Lemon Cookies
• Fudge Crinkles
• Pecan Tassies