Cut out Cookies

5.0(8)

This is a recipe from my mom. I have not found one I like better yet. If you bake just right they come out soft and puffy! You can use this for any holiday just change the cutter and colored sugar.

by Ellen Brody·published 2002-04-10

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Dessert

Servings

48 cookies

Total time

8 min

Calories / serving

96 kcal

Ingredients (8)

serves

1 cup margarine or 1 cup butterbutter
1 teaspoon vanillavanilla
1 1/2 cups sugarsugar
3 large eggsegg
3 1/2 cups sifted flourflour
2 teaspoons cream of tartarcream-of-tartar
1 teaspoon baking sodabaking-soda
1/2 teaspoon saltsalt

Instructions (10 steps)

01Cream margarine, sugar and vanilla.
02Add eggs.
03Sift dry ingredients together.
04Add to creamed.
05Chill 3 to 4 hours.
06I always leave over night and it is a lot easier to roll.
07

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