Holiday Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups butter or margarine
  • 2 1/2 cups icing sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Icing:
  • 1 egg
  • Almond Extract
  • Icing Sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter or margarine and icing sugar. Add vanilla and eggs and mix.

Step 2

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Blend into creamed mixture. I use my kitchenaid mixer to do the mixing for me.

Step 3

Divide dough in 1/2 and chill.

Step 4

Roll out and cut with cookie cutters.

Step 5

Place on cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F. for 8 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned.

Step 6

Let cookies cool. thoroughly before icing.

Step 7

ICING

Beat 1 egg white until foamy.

Step 8

Add 1 teaspoon almond extract (may use vanilla if desired) and enough icing sugar to get desired consistency (should be thin enough to dip cookies). Color if desired with food coloring.

Step 9

Dip cookies 1 at a time in icing and let excess drip back into bowl. Place cookies on cooling rack for icing to dry.

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