soft christmas cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins Ready Time: 3 hrs


• sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, set aside. in a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. gradually blend in the sifted ingredients until fully absorbed. cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.
• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). grease cookie sheets. on a clean floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness. cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
• bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown. remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.