Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Sugar Cookies (for Decorating)

Sugar Cookies (for Decorating).

You can cook Sugar Cookies (for Decorating) using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sugar Cookies (for Decorating)

1. You need 1 Cup of real butter(REAL-unsalted) softened(not melted, it will mess up!!).
2. You need 1-1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
3. You need 1 of egg.
4. Prepare 2 Tsp of vanilla extract, or DROPS of flavoring(LorAnn's is REALLY STRONG).
5. It's 2-1/2 cups of flour.
6. It's 1/4 Tsp of baking powder.
7. It's 1 Tsp of salt.

Sugar Cookies (for Decorating) step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350F cream together softened butter, powdered sugar. Add egg and extract/flavor..
2. Add Flour, baking powder, salt. Mix thoroughly.
3. Roll out on parchment paper(don't sprinkle with flour, it makes it dry, you may use Powdered Sugar) And Cut your cookies!:) (Or freeze first If you prefer10minutes, then cut, I freeze after cutting, it's not required, but I prefer it).
4. Bake for 4-8 minutes. Depending on cookie size:) Baking does not alter shape much!:) (I bake 4 minutes/turn my tray bake 4 minutes).
5. Note: no oil in any color/flavor can go in the icing(add it to the dough if need be, NOT the icing) Note:icing recipe listed seperately. Note:be sure to ice cookies at least a day after baking(so the natural oils can be released) Note:thanks to Sugar Belle for the recipe(my pictures though!).