Delicious holiday sugar cookies

Step 1: Ingredients

Things you will need
2 3/4 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 cups baking powder
1/4 tsp. Salt
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
FOR DECORATING
any color food dye
hot water
powdered sugar
(get extra flower)
( For more cookies double or triple ingredients but make sure the ingredients are all even and proportioned correctly)

Step 2: Mixing

Mix the flour,eggs,sugar,baking soda, butter,salt,vanilla, and almond extract together

Step 3: Cooling

Let you're cookie dough cool off, either by putting it out side or putting in fridge. You can put them out side if it is any where from 30 to 40 degrees Celsius outside. Cool them for 20 minutes to an hour. The longer the better

Step 4: Cutting

Once dough has become thick and cold,go to the surface you are using to roll out dough and cover in flour. take two handfuls of dough and roll out cover in flour.

Step 5: After Cutting

Put the cookies on a non stick pan, to not make the cookies stick to the pan we used Pam spray. Put the cookies in the oven at 350 for 10-15 mins or till golden and the edges start to golden.

Step 6: Making Icing

To make icing you need powdered sugar and hot water. In a bowl mix 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar and a cup hot water mix together until smooth. ( the picture was taken while mixing icing)