Cut-Out Cookies

Title: Cut-Out Cookies

Categories: Cookies, Holiday

Yield: 48 cookies

1 c Butter or margarine

1 1/2 c C and H Powdered Sugar

-- unsifted

1 Egg

1 ts Vanilla

2 1/4 c All-purpose flour

1 ts Baking powder

Soften butter and beat until creamy. Beat in sugar until smooth. Add egg

and vanilla; mix well. Stir in flour and baking powder until thoroughly

2 to 3 hours. Roll dough thin on floured board. Cut into 375-degree oven

8 to

minutes. To frost: Beat one egg white until foamy. Beat in 1/2 cup

unsifted C and H Powdered Sugar. Tint with food coloring. Paint cookie

with frosting BEFORE baking. Makes 4-dozen cut-out cookies.

Reprinted with permission from:

Powdered Sugar Cookies from the C and H Sugar Kitchen

by Jean Porter

Electronic format by Karen Mintzias --