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Makes: 16 Cookies

Description: Adorable sugar cookies that hang from a coffee or tea cup. Festive and fun for the holidays!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups  all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp.  baking powder
1/2 cup  granulated sugar
1/2 cup  butter, salted and cut into cubes
1/2 tsp.  vanilla extract
1/4 tsp.  almond extract
1/4 cup  colored sugar, if desired

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment
paper or a Silpat. Combine the flour and baking powder, set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer cream together the butter and sugar.
Add the egg and extracts and mix. Gradually add the flour one cup
at a time, mixing just until combined. Do not over mix.

Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it together with your
hands. Roll the dough out on a floured surface about 1/4 inch thick.
Cut into shapes using a cookie cutter. Place cut cookies on the
prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with decorating sugar if desired.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until light brown on the edges.
Let cookies set on the pan for about 5 minutes before removing
them to a cooling rack.

via Me and My Pink Mixer Blog