Best Cut out Sugar Cookie Recipe

Best Cut out Sugar Cookie Recipe

36 servings

How to Make Christmas Sugar Cookies It's Christmas time again which means time to cut out cute sugar cookies to decorate! For years I have tried to perfect this cut out sugar cookie recipe and

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup 2 sticks butter, room temp
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • Gel color (I like to use gel color as it won’t dilute my mixture and have no taste.)
  • 6 tablespoons milk or cream

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350-degree F

  2. 2

    In a large mixing bowl combine powdered sugar and cream of tartar