Christmas Sugar Cookies

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• 1 cup butter (room temperature)
• 1 cup sugar

• hand mixer with beaters
• Large mixing bowl

In a large mixing bowl combine butter and sugar in till fluffy.

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• 1 egg (room temperature)
• ½ tsp Lemon extract
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• spatula

Add the egg, vanilla extract and lemon extract

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• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ tsp baking powder

Add the baking powder and salt.

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• 2½ cups All purpose flour

Slowly add in the flour. It should be a little sticky.

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• plastic wrap

Split the dough in two. Wrap each half in plastic wrap, and let it chill in the fridge for it least one hour.

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• oven

After the dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

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• 4 pinches flour (for sprinkling)

• rolling pin

Take one half of the dough out. Sprinkle flour on the counter and roll the dough out. It should be a 1/4 inch thick.

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• cookie cutter

Cut out the shapes. Carefully put the shapes on the pans.

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• baking pan

Bake the first set of cookies for 10 minutes.

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Take the other half of the dough out of the fridge and do the same thing.

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• Cooling rack

Cool the cookies on the rack.