Thursday, December 6, 2007

French Vanilla Sugar Cookies

So, I adapted a basic sugar cookie recipe a little bit, and it is FABULOUS. I don't know how many cookies will get made b/c I can't stop picking at the dough!

You'll need:
3 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp milk
1 1/2 tsp french vanilla (in place of regular vanilla)

1. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl... set aside.
2. beat butter with an electric mixer (yay Kitchen Aid!) until creamy.
3. Beat in sugar until well blended.
4. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
5. Blend in milk and vanilla.
6. Add in dry mixture slowly, beating well after each addition.
7. refridgerate dough for 4 hours or overnight
8. preheat oven to 400.
9. roll out dough onto floured surface and cut with cookie cutters. Decorate with sprinkles now.
10. bake 5-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Decorate with icing now.

Substitutions: I used Splenda in place of sugar.. you can't even tell!

I hope you enjoy these!

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