Simply Devine Sugar Cookies!!

I am the room mom for Elliott's (my 5 year old daughter) kindergarten classroom so I decided to decorate sugar cookies as part of her Halloween party!!!  Well I have tried probably 15 different sugar cookie recipes some with 20 different ingredients that were good but too labor intensive and some that were easy but were only drop cookies so no fun Holiday specific shapes.  So I did some searching until I found a recipe that promised to be both yummy and simple and...it TOTALLY Paid off!!  This recipe is so easy (although you do have to make it in advance so it can refrigerate) and it is sooo tasty!  The best I've made yet!  Here is the recipe and pictures of the cookies we took to our fun neighborhood party!!  My kids and I had such fun making these together:)

Sugar Cookies

3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 tablespoon milk

Powdered sugar, for rolling out dough

Directions

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color. Add egg and milk and beat to combine. Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl. Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick and cut into desired shape.  Place at least 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet.  Bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time.  For softer cookies bake for less time for crispy cookies bake longer.  Makes 3-6 dozen depending on the size of your cookies.  I would recommend doubling the recipe!

**Recipe from Foodnetwork.com Alton Brown**
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/sugar-cookies-recipe/index.html