Cutout sugar cookies

Cutout sugar cookies
(Photo courtesy: Matthias Rhomberg /
 Wikimedia Commons)

Ingredients
Saltless butter                 -  1 cup

Sugar                              -  1 cup

Egg yolks                       - 2 large eggs

White flour                    -  2 cup

Vanilla essence              -  1/2 tsp

Baking powder              -  1/2 tsp

Salt                                -  1/2 tsp

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. 
• Combine the flour and sugar to a smooth paste. Add the egg yolks one by one and beat well.  
• Add vanilla essence. Sift the white flour, baking powder and salt and keep aside. 
• Divide into two portions. Combine each portion separately with the butter and sugar, wrap in two plastic wraps and cool in the refrigerator for half an hour. 
• Dab flour on a tray and roll out to dough. Cut out different shapes using cookie cutters.
• Arrange on a cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes till the edges turn golden brown.