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Simple Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups Sifted All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 sticks 1 cup Butter
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/4 cup Sugar to coat
  • Icing:
  • 1 cup Confectioners Sugar or more to get a thicker consistency
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Water
  • 3-4 drops Food Coloring
  • Colored Sprinkles Sanding Sugar- optional

Instructions

  1. Cookies:
  2. In a bowl, stir together flour & baking powder. Set aside.
  3. In mixer bowl, beat together butter & sugar until fluffy.
  4. Beat in eggs & vanilla.
  5. Stir in flour mixture, a third at a time to make stiff dough.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  7. Scoop a ball of dough, roll into a ball & roll in sugar to coat.
  8. Bake on non-stick cookie sheet for 8 minutes
  9. Cool completely on pan before transferring to a wire rack
  10. Icing:
  11. In a small bowl, mix sugar & water to form a thick, smooth icing. Adding more sugar as needed.
  12. Stir in food coloring to desired shade.
  13. Transfer to piping bag & decorate as desired.
  14. Let dry completely before stacking