Ingredients for - Perfect Cut-Out Cookie Dough

1. Unsalted butter 6 tablespoons
2. Confectioners' sugar ½ cup
3. Egg 1
4. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
5. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
6. Baking powder ½ teaspoon
7. Salt ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Perfect Cut-Out Cookie Dough

1 . Stage

Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Blend egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture.

2 . Stage

Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; mix into the butter mixture until just incorporated. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Remove from refrigerator and let the dough warm to room temperature.

3 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

4 . Stage

Roll dough out onto a flat surface to about 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut dough into shapes with cookie cutters; arrange onto baking sheets.

5 . Stage

Bake cookies until firm in the center, but not yet browning, 8 to 12 minutes. Let cool briefly on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.