Thelma's Cutout Cookies

Cutout Cookies
Items Needed (for about 2 dozen cookies):

3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 stick butter
1 stick margarine (for baking--not light)
2 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla


  1. Soften butter and margarine in microwave for 50-60 seconds.
  2. Sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
  3. Beat eggs in a large bowl and add the vanilla.
  4. Add flour mixture and liquid butter/margarine mixture- Mix all together. Shape into a ball and roll it out.
  5. Rolling area and rolling pin: Sprinkle with a mixture of flour and powdered sugar so dough doesn't stick to them. Roll the dough out to 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick. Cut out your designs.
  6. Bake at 325º on a nonstick cookie sheet for approximately 8 minutes, until the tips are light brown.
  7. Frost with frosting and add decorations as desired.
"This is the day which the Lord has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24
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Thelma's Cutout Cookies