Sugar Cookies

My grandmother makes sugar cookies every year at Christmas. Her cookies have a little more complex recipe, with simple frosting. This is a recipe I found in an old handmade cook book that I had. I have never made anything different and now I get requests to make them at Christmas instead of Grandmas cookies.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for the work surface

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature(I have used salted and its just as good)

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

1 teaspoon Almond extract

Make the dough as you usually would, cream your liquids, then add your flour. The key to the cookies is the almond extract. Its just a hint but its what makes them a hit.

Roll your dough and cut your cookies

As all good bakers you have your oven preheated to 350 degrees

Depending on how big you make the cookies is how long you bake them for. I usually do 8-10 min. I like them a little softer, so I usually keep it around 8 min.

Take them out, let them cook and then frost. The frosting I use is a cream cheese frosting.

FROSTING:

I start with a half a bar of cream cheese, add a dash of real vanilla, and teaspoon of milk, then add powder sugar until its frosting consistancy. (Just taste it, if you want a little more or less of something you can do that)

I know thats not the most clear recipe, but I promise its the best frosting ever. I use that frosting for a lot of things that I bake.