Rolled Sugar Cookies

My 2 year old loves to help me cook. Baking is his favorite. We are going to show you how we make our sugar cookies, "dino-style"!
These cookies are always a hit and you likely have all of the ingredients already!

Supplies

1½ cups of room temperature butter
2 cups of white sugar
4 large eggs
1 tsp of vanilla extract
5 cups of all-purpose flour
2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of salt
Parchment paper

Step 1: Mix

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
Then, beat in eggs and vanilla.
Stir in the flour (one cup at a time), baking powder, and salt.
Cover the bowl and chill dough in the fridge for one hour.
(You can chill dough overnight)

Step 2: Cut Out

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Roll out dough on a floured surface until it's about ¼ inch thick.
Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter (We are using dinosaurs).
Place cookies 1 inch apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
*If you want your cookies to have patterns or details on the top of the cookie, now is the time to do that.
**if you want to decorate with sugar on top, now is the time for that, as well.

Step 3: Bake

Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven.

Cool completely.

Step 4: Decorate and Enjoy!

If you plan on decorating with cookie (royal) icing, wait until the cookies are completely cool before doing so.
This is my son's favorite part! :)
He was so proud of his decorating skills.

Have fun and Enjoy!