Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 3 hrs 17 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs 7 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 250 g butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 bring your butter to room temperature first (softened but not melted).
• 2 beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time beating well. add vanilla essence and mix through. add dry ingredients and mix to combine.
• 3 separate into 3 equal parts, wrap in glad wrap (plastic food wrap) and refrigerat for at least 3 hours (best over night), can be left in fridge for up to 3 days, and can be frozen like this for up to a month.
• 4 after it has been chilled, pre heat oven to 180c knead to soften slightly and roll out on a floured board. cut into desired shapes and bake until just starting to turn colour (for a soft cookie) or until golden (for a crunchy cookie).
• 5 these are so easy --
• 6 then ice any which way you want.
• 7 can be stored in an air tight container for up to a week.
• 8 you can also add different flavouring instead of the vanilla eg lemon juice and zest, almond extract, cinnamon, etc etc.