Deluxe Roll-Out Sugar Cookies

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Title: Deluxe Roll-Out Sugar Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 60 servings

1 1/2 c Powdered sugar
1 c Butter or margarine
; (2 sticks) softened
1 Egg
1 ts Vanilla
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking soda
Colored sugar to decorate
-cookies
; optional
Frosting; optional

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 Sift powdered sugar. Mix
thoroughly with butter, egg, and vanilla. Blend in flour and baking soda.
Form the dough into a ball; wrap it in plastic wrap. Place in freezer for 2
to 3 hours or refrigerate overnight.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Divide the dough into three portions.
Refrigerate two portions as you roll out the third 1/8- to 1/4-inch thick
on a floured surface. (If the dough warms up, it doesn't roll out as
well.)Cut into desired shapes. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. If
you do not plan to frost the cookies, sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake
1/8-inch-thick cookies 6 to 8 minutes, 1/4-inch-thick cookies 8 to 10
minutes. Cookies are done when top looks dry and edges begin to turn light
brown. Do not overbake.

Immediately remove cookies from baking sheet; let cool on wire racks. Frost
or decorate as desired.

Yield: about 5 dozen cookies, depending on size of cookie cutters.

Tester's note: A traditional recipe with a sweet taste and crisp texture.
Perfect with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

Martha J. Price, East Middle School, Alton.

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