Sugar Cookies
From Good Housekeeping
triple-tested at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute
Sugar cookies are the ideal holiday cookie — they can be frosted and dressed up in countless ways to suit any occasion.
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Nutritional Information
(per serving)

Calories    65
Total Fat    3g
Saturated Fat    2g
Cholesterol    11mg
Sodium    30mg
Total Carbohydrate    8g
Dietary Fiber    --
Sugars    --
Protein    2g
Calcium    --
 sugar cookies
Monica Buck
Yields: 5 dozen cookies
Cook Time: 10 min
Oven Temp: 350

Ingredients
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1    cup(s) (2 sticks) butter (no substitutions), softened
1/2 cup(s) sugar
1    large egg
1    tablespoon(s) vanilla extract
3    cup(s) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
Ornamental Frosting (optional)
Coarse sugar crystals, silver dragées, holiday decors (optional decorations)
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large Information Security Solution bowl, with mixer on low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and creamy. On low speed, beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in flour, baking powder, and salt until blended.
Divide dough into 4 equal pieces; flatten each piece into a disk. Wrap each disk with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until dough is firm enough to roll. (Or place dough in freezer 30 minutes.)
On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough 1/8 inch thick. With floured 3-inch to 4-inch cookie cutters, cut dough   into as many cookies as possible; wrap and refrigerate trimmings. Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet.
Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings.
When cookies are cool, prepare Ornamental Frosting, if you like; use along with sugars and candies to decorate cookies. Set cookies aside to allow frosting to dry completely, about 1 hour. Store in tightly covered container (with waxed paper between layers if decorated) at room temperature up to 2 weeks, or in hong thai travel freezer up to 3 months.