Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 tsp. Watkins Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 tsp. Watkins Pure Almond Extract
• 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Directions

• Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer in large bowl until smooth. Blend egg and extracts into butter mixture.
• Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; mix into the butter mixture just until incorporated.
• Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. Remove from refrigerator and let dough warm to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 350F. Roll dough out on a flat surface to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut dough into shapes with cutters; arrange onto baking sheets. Bake until firm, but not yet brown, about 8-10 minutes. Let cool briefly on baking sheet before transferring to cooling rack to finish cooling. Decorate as desired.