Sugar Cookies

(From Katrina's Kitchen) 

·        2 cups of butter, softened

·        2 cups of sugar

·        2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

·        1 teaspoon of almond extract

·        2 eggs

·        4 teaspoons baking powder

·        6 cups flour

Directions:

1.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2.   In the bowl of your mixer cream butter and sugar until smooth.

3.   Beat in extracts and eggs.

4.   In a separate bowl combine baking powder with flour and add a little at a time to the wet ingredients. The dough will be very stiff. If it becomes too stiff for your mixer turn out the dough onto a countertop surface. Wet your hands and finish off kneading the dough by hand.

5.   DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH. Divide into workable batches, roll out onto a floured surface and cut. You want these cookies to be on the thicker side (the idea is to hold a lot of icing, right?!).

6.   Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack. 

For the icing: Mix together softened butter, icing sugar and water to taste and decorate away!