Reindeer Sugar Cookies (and The BEST Cut-Out Cookie

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 4 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 tsp Almond extract
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 5 cups Flour, unbleached
  • 1 Powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 2 cups White sugar

• Dairy

  • 1 1/2 cups Butter

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Description

Ingredients

• 1½ cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon almond extract
• 5 cups unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• powdered sugar for rolling

Directions

• In a large mixing bowl (or your stand mixer), beat together butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy. Add eggs, one at time with mixer running on low. Turn mixer up to medium and beat until well combined for about 2-3 minutes. Add extracts as mixer is going.
• Combine dry ingredients and slowly add to butter mixture, beating on low until just combined.
• Place about 1 cup dough mixture onto parchment paper or wax paper that has been dusted with powdered sugar and cover with an additional sheet of parchment paper. Roll out to ½ thickness and place in sealed storage bag or large covered container.
• Repeat until all dough has been rolled out.
• Place the rolled dough into the refrigerator, sealed well, for 12 hours or overnight. (If you are not planning on using all the dough right away, freeze in well sealed storage bags in freezer.)
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400.
• Lightly dust cookie cutters with powdered sugar and cut dough as desired.
• Re-roll scraps to cut more shapes.
• Bake for 6-7 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to sit on cookie sheet on a cooling rack for 2-3 minutes and then gently remove cookies from tray and allow to fully cool before icing.