Christmas Butter Cookies

These Christmas Butter Cookies are a delightful treat for the holiday season. They're buttery, tender, and perfect for decorating with colorful sprinkles. Whether you're baking them for a festive gathering or as a heartfelt gift, these cookies are sure to spread Christmas cheer.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Food coloring red and green, optional
Sprinkles or colored sugar, for decoration

Instructions:

Set the oven to 350F 175C and heat it up

Mix the flour and salt together in a bowl

Put away

Put the softened butter and powdered sugar in a different bowl and mix them together until they are light and fluffy

Mix the almond and vanilla extracts into the butter mixture until everything is well mixed together

Mix the dry flour mixture into the wet mixture slowly at first, then keep mixing until a soft dough forms

To use food coloring, split the dough into several pieces and add a few drops of the color you want to each piece

Mix until the color is spread out evenly

Make a disc out of the dough, cover it with plastic wrap, and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes

Spread the chilled dough out on a floured surface until it's about 1/4 inch thick

Cut out holiday shapes from the dough with cookie cutters

Put the cookies with the shapes cut out of them on a baking sheet that has parchment paper on it

You can add sprinkles or colored sugar to the cookies if you want to

Put the cookies in an oven that has already been heated for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden

After taking the cookies out of the oven, let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet

Then, move them to a wire rack to cool all the way down

Put the cookies away in a container that won't let air in once they are completely cool

Serve the tasty Christmas butter cookies and enjoy them!

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