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Our favorite Christmas Cookie is Frosted Sugar Cookie Cut Outs. During the holidays I cant ever seem so make enough of them and they disappear so fast. My kids would eat the whole platter in one sitting if I let them. Sugar Cookie Cut Outs are the cookies we leave out for Santa Claus every year.

Ingredients

• Cut Out Sugar Cookies 
• 1/3 - cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/3 - cup shortening
• 1 - cup granulated sugar
• 1 - teaspoon baking powder
• dash salt
• 1 - beaten egg
• 1 - teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 - cups all purpose flour
• 1 - 3 recipes of colored icing, below
• holiday sprinkles
• Directions:
• In a medium size bowl beat shortening and butter together with an electric mixer. Add sugar, vanilla extract and beaten egg.
• Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together then add to the creamed mixture. Mix together scraping the sides of the bowl.
• I used my kitchen aid mixer to mix everything until it came away from the bowl and started to form into a ball. 
• Try and mix enough of the flour mixture in using mixer, stir in any remaining flour with wooden spoon. Place dough inside a large zip lock bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Remove dough and let sit on the counter at least 30 minutes. Roll dough on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1/4 inch thick.
• I like thick cookies they seem to be softer. Cut with desired cookie cutters and place on a
• un-greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 7-8 minutes or until edges are firm and start to get golden brown. The bottom of the cookies should be light brown as well. 
• Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes. Remove and place on a baking rack to cool completely. Frost with colored icing and decorate with sprinkles. 
• Colored Icing Recipe:
• 1 - cup confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar)
• 1 - tablespoon softened butter or margarine
• 2 - tablespoons milk
• 1 - tsp vanilla extract
• food coloring
• I used 3 separate bowls to mix the icing. So one recipe for each bowl, mix all ingredients together with fork. If too dry, add a little more milk. Once mixed, add a few drops of food coloring. We did red, green and yellow.

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