Christmas delicacies: Easy butter cookie recipe for beginners

Christmas is arriving soon, and people have already started preparing for it. Many who celebrate festival are looking for ideas to decorate Christmas Tree and house. Some might plan for a Christmas party at home, while ors might be looking forward to spending quiet time with ir family.  Whatever may be ir plans, "Christmas delicacies', will definitely play a vital part in ir celebrations. A must-have delicacy in holiday season is butter cookie.

If you want to try baking delicious butter cookies at home, here is a simple recipe-

Ingredients

• One cup of unsalted butter
• One cup of granulated white sugar 200g
• One egg, room temperature
• One tablespoon of McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
• Half tablespoons of McCormick Almond Extract
• Two tablespoons of baking powder
• Three cups of flour, i.e. 350g

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Steps to make Butter Cookies for this Christmas

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° F. Put butter to bowl of mixer and grinder on medium-high for one to two minutes, or wait till butter is smooth and lighter in colour. With mixer and grinder on low, slowly add sugar and egg.

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Step 2

Remove bowl from mixer and add in extracts. Later, turn mixer back on low. Allow all ingredients to combine fully. Add baking powder and half cup of flour at a time, until fully fused. 

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Step 3

Remove bowl from mixer and put dough onto a floured countertop. Roll about a half-inch thick dough out into a flat plate. Cut out butter cookies into shapes related to Christmas such as deers, trees, Santa hat and more. Bake m at 350°F for six to nine minutes. Allow m to cool on cookie sheet until firm eugh to be transferred to a cooling rack and n frost with buttercream.

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