Sheepy Cookies (or Sugar Cookie Dough To Shape As You Wish)

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• cocoa powder (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 add egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
• 3 add sifted dry ingredients.
• 4 remove 1/3 cup dough and tint it by stirring in a tablespoon or two of cocoa powder.
• 5 refrigerate at least an hour to make dough easier to handle.
• 6 form the dough into desired shapes.
• 7 bake at 325 degrees on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12 to 16 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• 8 to make sheep:.
• 9 shape dough into little balls from 1/8 inch to 1/2 inch.
• 10 arrange dough in ovals about 2 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches - as a wooly sheep.
• 11 roll four little chocolate dough balls between your fingers to form legs and attach.
• 12 form 1/2 inch chocolate ovals for heads. add a bit of dough for an eye.