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      Title: Deluxe Roll-Out Sugar Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 60 servings
 
  1 1/2 c  Powdered sugar
      1 c  Butter or margarine
           ; (2 sticks) softened
      1    Egg
      1 ts Vanilla
  2 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 ts Baking soda
           Colored sugar to decorate
           -cookies
           ; optional
           Frosting; optional
 
  Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 Sift powdered sugar. Mix
  thoroughly with butter, egg, and vanilla. Blend in flour and baking soda.
  Form the dough into a ball; wrap it in plastic wrap. Place in freezer for 2
  to 3 hours or refrigerate overnight.
  
  Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Divide the dough into three portions.
  Refrigerate two portions as you roll out the third 1/8- to 1/4-inch thick
  on a floured surface. (If the dough warms up, it doesn't roll out as
  well.)Cut into desired shapes. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. If
  you do not plan to frost the cookies, sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake
  1/8-inch-thick cookies 6 to 8 minutes, 1/4-inch-thick cookies 8 to 10
  minutes. Cookies are done when top looks dry and edges begin to turn light
  brown. Do not overbake.
  
  Immediately remove cookies from baking sheet; let cool on wire racks. Frost
  or decorate as desired.
  
  Yield: about 5 dozen cookies, depending on size of cookie cutters.
  
  Tester's note: A traditional recipe with a sweet taste and crisp texture.
  Perfect with a hot cup of tea or coffee.
  
  Martha J. Price, East Middle School, Alton.
 
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