Vanilla Holiday Cookies

Ingredients

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened

½ cup sugar

½/ tsp. fine sea salt

2½ tsp. vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour recipe Powdered Sugar Icing, below

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Directions

1. Line two cookie sheets with

parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl beat butter, sugar, and salt with an electric mixer on medium-low speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Reduce

speed to low; beat in vanilla. Turn off mixer; add flour all at once. Beat on low speed just until flour disappears into dough (dough may appear crumbly). Using your hands, work dough into a ball; divide in half.

2. Working with one dough piece at a time, roll between sheets of waxed paper to ¼ inch thickness. Freeze between paper sheets 1 hour or until easy to handle.

3. Preheat oven to 375°F. Remove one dough piece at a time from freezer; let stand at room temperature 5 minutes. Using a 2-inch cutter, cut into shapes. Place 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets. Gather scraps; repeat rolling and freezing, if necessary, between waxed paper sheets.

4. Bake one cookie sheet at a time 8 to 10 minutes or until almost firm to the touch and golden brown on bottom and sides. Remove; cool on wire rack. Decorate as desired. Makes about 24 cookies. Powdered Sugar Icing In a small bowl combine 1½ cups powdered sugar, ¼ tsp. vanilla, and enough milk (3 to 4 tsp.) to make a smooth drizzling consistency, RACH COOKTE 106 cal, 6 g fat, 15 mg chol, 47 mg sodium, 12 g carb, 0 g fiber, 1 g pro.

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