Cut-Out Cookies

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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
mixed. Chill 2 to 3 hours. Roll dough thin on floured board. Cut into
desired shapes. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet in 375-degree oven 8 to 10
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

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