I love to work with the dough. It is soft but not overly sticky. It is so easy to roll out and cut into shapes.
Ingredients:
3 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup Crisco
2 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
Blend the following together flour, baking powder, baking soda and Crisco like pie crust.
In a separate bowl beat the following well - eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla and almond extract.
Add wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to make it a little more firm.
Roll out dough to 1/4" and cut with cookie cutters.
Bake 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes - until edges are brown.
Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
Once baked the cookies puff up, but keep their shapes. They are sturdy so children can decorate them easily without them breaking.
The texture of these sugar cookies is perfect. They are so light and flaky inside. The refreshing part is they are not overly sweet. The frosting I make helps balance the slightly sweet, flakiness of the cookie and the rich sweet frosting.
Bring on Santa - we are ready!
