3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) softened unsalted butter
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Sift dry ingredients. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar add eggs and vanilla. Thoroughly blend and then add dry ingredients slowly. Mix in the last of the dry ingredients by hand. Divdide the dough and roll it out. Rolling it out between waxed paper is easier and less messy. Roll to about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters. When dough becomes unmanageable chill it. Keep the dough you are not working with in the fridge. Flip the wax paper and unpeel from time to time while rolling to prevent sticking. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 375 for approximately 7-10 minutes until cookies begin to brown at the edges. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for a couple of minutes until moving to a drying rack. If you don't let them firm up on the cookie sheet they'll fall apart when you move them. Finally decorate.
Icing
2 large egg whites
4 cups confectioners sugar
lemon juice or vanilla for additional flavor (1-2 tbsp lemon juice & 1/4 -1/2 tsp vanilla
Mix ingredients, add desired food coloring, and use on cooled cookies.
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