12 Cookies of Christmas: Sugar cookies Recipe

The 11 days before Christmas are dedicated to cookies. At the end of the day you have to choose the best cookie recipe to treat Santa! So this is my first and favorite cookie recipe! This sugar cookie recipe is very simple and yet delicious. It is cooked by my mom for at least 2 decades now. The recipe is good for any occasion: Christmas and Valentines Day, New Year or Halloween.

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Ingredients

2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 1/2 cups flour, sifted

Directions

Take the 2 sticks of butter and cut them in small pieces. If you just took the butter out of the fridge, then let it soften a little, so that you could work with it. (It takes 15-20 minutes)
To your softened and chopped butter add the sugar. Mix the butter and sugar very well, until it will start forming one butter-sugary mix. Then add vanilla extract or vanilla sugar.
Add the eggs, baking powder and salt to the mix. Mix everything very well. (You can use hand mixer or do it by yourself). Finally, add sifted flour. Mix very well until the dough will form. (If you see that the dough is not too hard then add another 1/2 cup flour if you feel that you will be able to knead it and then cut the cookies out then leave as it is. Put the dough in a fridge for at least an hour.
Take the dough out of the refrigerator and cut into 3 parts; knead each one a little and then roll out the layer and cut your cookies. The layer should be about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
Preheat the oven at 400F. Take the baking dish grease it or use the parchment paper (which is better). Place the cookies on a baking dish, placing them apart from each other as the dough will rise. Bake the cookies for 5-7 minutes.
Let the cookies cool down before decorating!

TIP: You can buy vanilla sugar at any Eastern European grocery store. NOTE: It is important to put this dough in a fridge for at least an hour or overnight, then it will be easier to work with.

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