Making Classic Christmas Cookies

This is how to make classic Christmas cookies.  Last night I had a good time making Christmas cookies with my family.  Here is the recipe.  Making cookies is a good way to bring families together.  My favorite thing to do is decorate the cookies.  A snowman, I think looks and tastes good with white snowflake sprinkles on vanilla frosting.  Hope you like the cookies and the recipe.

ingredients:
• 1 cup(s) (2 sticks) butter (no substitutions), softened
• 1/2 cup(s) sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract
• 3 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
• Ornamental Frosting (optional)
• Coarse sugar crystals, silver dragées, holiday decors (optional decorations)
• instructions:
• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl, with mixer on low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and creamy. On low speed, beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in flour, baking powder, and salt until blended.
  2. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces; flatten each piece into a disk. Wrap each disk with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until dough is firm enough to roll. (Or place dough in freezer 30 minutes.)
  3. On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough 1/8 inch thick. With floured 3-inch to 4-inch cookie cutters, cut dough into as many cookies as possible; wrap and refrigerate trimmings. Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet.
  4. Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings
  5. When cookies are cool, prepare Ornamental Frosting, if you like; use along with sugars and  candies to decorate cookies. Set cookies aside to allow frosting to dry completely, about 1 hour. Store in tightly covered container (with waxed paper between layers if decorated) at room temperature up to 2 weeks, or in freezer up to 3 months

Hope you like your cookies.  Happy Holidays.:)