Soft Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• all-purpose flour (3.75 cups)
• baking powder (1 tsp)
• salt (0.5 tsp)
• white sugar (1.5 cups)
• margarine (1 cup)
• eggs (2 large)
• vanilla extract (2 tsp)

Instructions

1. Gather all ingredients.
2. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
3. Beat sugar and margarine in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Wrap dough; chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
4. Beat first egg into butter mixture. Beat second egg into mixture along with vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined.
5. Wrap dough; chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
6. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.
7. Roll out dough on a clean floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters; arrange them on the prepared cookie sheets. Gather scraps and repeat this step.
8. Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
9. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)

• kcal: 97
• fat: 4 g
• sats: 1 g
• carbs: 14 g
• fibre: 0 g
• protein: 1 g
• salt: 0.081 g