Name: Best Soft Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - 3 ¾ cups; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; White sugar - 1 ½ cups; Margarine, softened - 1 cup; Eggs - 2; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Best Soft Christmas Cookies

1. All-purpose flour - 3 ¾ cups

2. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

3. Salt - ½ teaspoon

4. White sugar - 1 ½ cups

5. Margarine, softened - 1 cup

6. Eggs - 2

7. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

How to cook deliciously - Best Soft Christmas Cookies

1. Stage

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.

2. Stage

Beat sugar and margarine in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat first egg into butter mixture. Beat second egg into mixture along with vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined. Wrap dough; chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

3. Stage

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.

4. Stage

Roll out dough on a clean floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters; arrange them on the prepared cookie sheets. Gather scraps and repeat this step.

5. Stage

Bake in batches in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. MDarling