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Christmas Cut Out Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup margarine, softened
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract


Yield about 4 dozen.
Directions:
Directions:
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.

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.

Preheat the oven to 400º F . Grease two cookie sheets.

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.

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.
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