Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes Sugar-Cookie Cutouts 3.0 (463) Prep Time: 1 hr 10 mins Total Time: 3 hrs Yield: 1 dozen Use our holiday cookie templates or your own cookie cutters to create a variety of festive shapes. Also see our step-by-step directions for decorating the Little Girl Cookies. Directions Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Beat together butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour mixture until combined. Shape dough into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm but still pliable, at least 30 minutes or up to 3 days. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Transfer half of dough to a lightly floured piece of parchment; roll to just under 1/4-inch thick. Transfer dough on parchment to a baking sheet and freeze until firm, 30 minutes. Repeat with other half of dough. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Using a craft knife and the template (or a cookie cutter), cut out cookies and space 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. Bake until golden on edges, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks. Credit: Bryan Gardner Cook's Notes The cookies can be stored at room temperature up to one week.