Butter Cookie Christmas Cutouts – Festive, Soft, and Perfect for Decorating

Butter Cookie Christmas Cutouts

1 cup of butter

1 1/2 cups of sifted powdered sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon of vanilla

2 1/2 cups of sifted flour

1 teaspoon of cream of tartar

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1/4 teaspoon of salt

Cream butter, add sugar gradually and cream until fluffy. Add unbeaten egg and vanilla; beat well. Sift together dry ingredients; blend into cream mixture. Chill dough about an hour. Roll on well floured pastry board to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with floured cutter. Bake on an unbuttered cookie sheet for 6 minutes at 325 degrees. Yield: 6 dozen cookies.