sugar cookies

a bunch of kids decorated these. i promise they tasted good. oh and i made gingerbread. gotta represent all kinds of cookies...:) don't plan on your kitchen being clean.

I know there are 4.2 million sugar cookie recipes.
And I'm not claiming this to be "the best". But, it was perfect tonight.
See, I had some kiddos over to frost and decorate cookies and these held up well!
They were thin, light, and flavorful. I love the addition of almond flavoring in anything.

Though the dough was a cinch to whip up, let's be honest and say that rolling out shapes is not so speedy.
I kept running into the problem of cutting out a couple shapes and then the rest of the dough would be too warm to roll out and properly keep its shape.
So, I'd toss the not-used-yet dough in the freezer between roll-outs. Does that make sense?

Go make these and if you don't have lots of time, just make flat little non-shape cookies.
Pair them with a little almond icing, and your family will love you.
Decorating cookies goes hand-in-hand with the holidays!

From Annie's Eats

Ella’s White Sugar Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 ½ t. almond extract 1 t. vanilla 1 t. salt 2 ½ c. sifted flour Directions:Cream butter. Add powdered sugar. Blend in egg, almond extract, vanilla, salt and flour. Chill dough until firm. Roll to ¼” thickness on well-floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 min. Cookies should not brown. Frost and decorate when cool. Yields ~40 cookies.