Cookie Cutter Cookies

Cream butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg. Beat 2 minutes on high speed. Mix flour and baking powder together, then add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture a cup at a time, beating after each addition.

Divide dough into halves and form a ball with each half. Turn dough onto a floured surface. Roll each ball of dough into a 12″ diameter circle, about 1/8″ in thick. Dip cookie cutters in flour and cut out cookies. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets, leaving a couple of inches of space around each cookie. Sprinkle any cookie trims on cookies before baking. Bake at 400 degrees for 5-6 minutes, or until cookies are only slightly browned. Remove cookies from the oven and let them completely cool. Decorate cookies with colored butter cream frosting. Watch them disappear quickly!

Butter Cream Frosting:

Cream butter and powdered sugar together with a mixer. Add vanilla and cream. Mix on high speed until frosting is light and fluffy. Add food coloring if desired. To make evergreen trees, use a grass cake decorating tip.