Rhonda's Famous Sugar Cookies
 
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 2 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2½ cups flour
Instructions
  1. Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Add vanilla and salt. Slowly add flour and mix just until combined.
  2. Place dough on plastic wrap. Flatten to a disk shape. Completely wrap in plastic wrap. Chill dough for 3-4 hours before rolling.
  3. You can also freeze the dough at this point. Just thaw in fridge before moving on to next step.
  4. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  5. Let sit for 5 minutes before rolling.
  6. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface. (About ¼ inch thickness). Cut out cookie shapes using cookie cutters (dust cutters with flour to avoid dough sticking to cutters). Try to cut out cookies with cutters as close as possible to each other to avoid re-rolling the excess pieces multiple times. If dough becomes too soft, you may need to re-chill the dough for a few minutes to harden the butter back up in the dough.
  7. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until barely colored. Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Cool completely.
  8. Cookies can be frosted and decorated or eaten just plain.
  9. Store unfrosted cookies in an airtight container until you are ready to ice.
Notes
Tip #1: Instead of rolling dough on a floured surface. Place parchment paper (or plastic wrap) underneath a portion of the dough on table. Lay plastic wrap on top of dough as well. Roll out dough to thickness needed. The plastic wrap saves the mess from the flour and you don’t have to worry about the dough sticking to the rolling pin.
Recipe by Sweet Dash of Sass at http://sweetdashofsass.com/2014/12/rhondas-famous-sugar-cookies/