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Vanilla Butter Rollouts 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.

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Vanilla Butter Rollouts Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 42 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
6 tablespoons butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup milk
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Colored frosting and sugar, optional

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 and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters dipped in flour. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the butter, confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Spread or drizzle over cookies. Decorate with colored frosting and sugar if desired. Yield: about 7 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 2 cookies equals 182 calories, 9 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 32 mg cholesterol, 173 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Vanilla Butter Rollouts in Best of Country Cookies , p51

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. 27, 2012 by brewcityblondie

These are the ONLY cut-out cookies I make for whatever holiday is going on - Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. - my kids and family LOVE these cookies! These are very tasty and the dough is very easy to roll-out and work with. Once I found this recipe, it's the only one I use now.

Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2012 by Nancy Adams

Excellent flavor, and easy to handle. I made two batches of these, and they are hard to keep around!

Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2012 by katyh777

Great flavor and perfect for decorating!

Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2011 by littlelady88207

THESE COOKIES HAVE A CALE LIKE TEXTURE. i PREFER A CRISO SUGAR COOKIE. tHE CUTOUTS SPREAD AND ARE LARGER THAN THE COOKIE CUTTER. fOR ME THE FLAVOR WAS RATHER BLAND. WILL NOT MAKE AGAIN. BUT ALL THIS IS A MATTER OF TASTE.

Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2010 by Johna Hansen

The best sugar cookie cutout recipe I've come across!

Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2010 by chellenic

We made these for christmas last year and they were so yummy! I can't wait to mke them again!

Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2009 by sladphie

Very easy to roll out, as long as you keep the thickness to 1/4" or more, the cookies cut and bake with no problems! Delicious flavor as well.

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2009 by ruthsgranddaughter

I made the cookies for my son's class to decorate at their Christmas party, and they got rave reviews. All of the kids asked for more, saying they were "the best cookies ever!" I will be making more for my family party this week. :)

Reviewed on Feb. 15, 2009 by josiezanker

This is my favorite roll-out recipe. I have made it the original way as well as substituting some of the vanilla with almond or orange extract for a different flavor, ie:2 tsp orange extract, 1 tsp vanilla. Everyone loves these cookies! However, I have had trouble with the frosting recipe, and now use a different one. But overall, very good!

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2008 by busycookin

These cookies roll out great and are very tasty! I am retiring my old rollout recipe and replacing it with this one from now on!

Reviewed on Dec. 07, 2008 by lscompton

Reviewed on Dec. 07, 2008 by hahnadonna

Tried these today and they were the easiest rollout cookies I have ever used!

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2008 by PatriciaAmelia

These are WONDERFUL cookie recipes !

Patricia

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