3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups unsifted Pillsbury Unbleached or King Arthur Unbleached Flour*
Cake Mate Sprinkles
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
1. Mix butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla thoroughly.
2. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
3. Blend flour mixture with butter mixture.
4. Chill at least 1 hour.
5. Roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness on lightly floured board.
6. Cut with cookie cutters.
7. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
8. Bake for 8 - 10 mins until golden brown.
9. Sprinkle with colored sprinkles.
Servings: 4 dozen
* Use unbleached flour for best flavor. Unbleached flour is bright white, it's just more time consuming to make. Flour will whiten naturally after milling. Since the natural whitening takes time (about 6 months), many producers speed up the process using chemicals. That process and chemical addition can alter the taste of foods made from bleached flour.
