Sugar Cookies

By mangia_g2

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp baking soda

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and extracts. Combine dry ingredients and add all at once;blend well. Refrigerate 2-3 hours or overnight.

Take out of fridge and let warm briefly. Roll to 1/8" between pieces of saran wrap. Sprinkle with colored sugar before baking. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 375 for 7-8 minutes.

If you don't use colored sugars you may want to frost cookies.