Classic Sugar Cookies

THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE PROJECT

Day 5 

Classic Sugar Cookies

I buy butter once a year, only to bake during the holidays. Otherwise, we do not eat butter at our house. Mainly because I love butter. Real butter! So for the majority of the year we eat some sort of margarine spread that kills you much more slowly and butter is a holiday treat. Needless to say, I adore the butter loving Paula Deen and her recipes during the holidays. The woman put melted butter into a shot glass, threw some lobster in there and served butter shooters as an appetizer for Pete's sake! The two biggest things I learned baking these cookies--yes you DO really need the baking soda and buy the smallest container of tartar possible when buying ingredients, the stuff lasts forever when you use it a teaspoon at a time! 

     

This is the yummiest sugar cookie recipe ever from

THE BUTTER QUEEN PAULA DEEN!!! 

1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted 

1 cup (2 sticks) butter 

1 egg 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1 teaspoon pure almond extract 

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 

1 teaspoon baking soda 

1 teaspoon cream of tartar 

3 tablespoons granulated sugar (for sprinkling)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

In a bowl, cream together the sugar and butter, then mix in the egg and vanilla and almond extracts. In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tarter; mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture, then cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours, or overnight.

Divide the chilled dough in half and roll it out on a lightly floured pastry cloth to a 1/4-inch thickness. Lightly grease some baking sheets. Cut the dough with a floured cookie cutter; sprinkle with sugar. Transfer the cookies to the prepared sheets and bake for 9 minutes.

Enjoy.........cause Christmas Calories Don't Count!!