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Vanilla Butter Cutouts Recipe

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Even cooks who normally shy away from rolled cookies can make these with confidence. The dough is so easy to work with after a mere 30 minutes of chilling. They can be decorated in a variety of ways.

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Vanilla Butter Cutouts Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 42 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon salt

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with lightly floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Decorate as desired. Yield: about 7 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 2 cookies equals 133 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 28 mg cholesterol, 156 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Vanilla Butter Rollouts in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2004, p71

Sweet White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.

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Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2010 by GretchenSD

Good. Swell up a lot baking. Place further apart on the tray. Remain soft after baking.

Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2008 by roborjoanne

ashley-girl,

I have also read that the combiniation of baking soda and cream of tartar act as baking powder. Probably produces a reaction that rises cookie, but also keeps it light and flaky (as cheriwinkle stated).

Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2008 by cheriwinkle

ashleygirl-cream of tartar helps to make your cookies light and tender (as it does with biscuits!)

Reviewed on Dec. 04, 2008 by ashleygirl

what does the cream of tarter do for cut out cookies?