Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 cream confectioners' sugar and butter; beat in egg, vanilla and almond extract; sift together the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
• 3 divide the dough and place a bit (1/6th to 1/8th of the dough) on one half of a long sheet of plastic wrap; fold the other half of the plastic over the top of the dough and roll out thinly, about 1/8".
• 4 place the resulting "sandwich" on a cookie sheet and put in freezer until firm; by the time you finish rolling out the rest of the dough between pieces of plastic wrap, the first one into the freezer will be cold enough to cut cookies out of.
• 5 remove chilled dough from freezer; remove plastic wrap, placing dough on lightly floured surface; cut cookies into desired shapes and place on ungreased baking sheets; sprinkle with granulated sugar; bake 7-8 minutes or until very lightly browned; cool on wire racks.
• 6 reroll scraps inside the same pieces of plastic wrap, replace in freezer and continue until all the dough has been used.
• 7 if, at any time, dough becomes difficult to work, simply rechill in freezer.