Soft Christmas Cookies

By JanetLynn198

This recipe has 4.5 star review from 671 reviewers.

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients until fully absorbed. Cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.

2. Preheat oven to 400F. Grease cookie sheets. On a clean floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters on parchment paper, then transfer paper and cookies onto baking sheets.

3. Bake 6-8 mins in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.