Sugar Cookie Recipe

This sugar cookie recipe is sure to be a hit with family and friends.

Although they make great Christmas cookies, sugar cookies are a delicious year round treat too.

These cookies are so versatile.

You can use your favorite cookie cutters to create great shapes to suit the season or the theme and add colored icings and decorations to create a variety of beautiful cookies.

Or - just bake them and enjoy.

Stir together flour, baking powder and salt.

Cream the butter. Add sugar to it gradually and beating each time. Add egg yolk. Mix well.

Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Add vanilla.

Chill dough thoroughly. Roll out on to a lightly floured surface to a thickness of about 1/4". Cut with cookie cutters.

Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 375ºF for 8 to 10 minutes.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

This pretty Winterberry patterned cookie jar brightens the kitchen all year. Pfaltzgraff Winterberry Birdhouse Cookie Jar

Variation:

• Add 1 tablespoon of finely chopped or zested orange or lemon peel to the batter for a nice citrus taste.

I love the whimsical look of this thatched cottage cookie jar from Pfaltzgraff. It adds a country look to the kitchen while it keeps cookies from going stale too soon. Pfaltzgraff 2-qt. Circle of Kindness Cookie Jar/Canister

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