Rolled Sugar Cookies

Description

Makes about 72 cookies 2 inch size or 6 small cookie sheets of various sizes. If you aren't too fussy, square or random shapes from the edges can be cut with a plastic knife or anything that is safe to use on your rolling surface.

Ingredients

• 2 cups margarine
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder

Directions

1. Cream together the margarine, sugar, vanilla and egg until light and fluffy.
2. Add about ¾ of the flour and the baking powder, reserving the rest of the flour for rolling.
3. Blend until well mixed.
4. Chill the dough for 2 hours or overnight.
5. Roll out on a lightly floured surface until ⅛ inch thick.
6. Cut with a cookie cutter.
7. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
8. Bake in a 375°F oven until lightly browned, about 5 – 10 minutes.
9. Cool before storing.
10. Decorate with a tiny piece of a cherry, raisin or nut.

Nutritional information

For two small cookies:

• 58 calories | 8 grams carbohydrate | 0 protein | 2 fat | 46 mg. sodium | 10 potassium | 8 mg cholesterol.
• Diabetic exchanges: ½ bread, ½ fat