Ingredients
- 1 Cup unsalted butter, at room temp
- 1 Cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanillla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 Cups flour
Servings: dozen
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of a mixer cream the butter and sugar until smooth, approximately 3 minutes
- Beat in the extracts and egg
- In a separate bowl combine baking powder with flour and add a little at a time to the wet ingredients. The dough will be very stiff. Do not chill the dough. Divide it into workable batches, roll out on a floured surface to approximately 1/4" thick round. cut with cookie cutters.
- Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack. Frost and serve or freeze un-frosted cookies.