holiday cut-out cookies

the ingredients
500 mL Western Family all purpose flour 2 cups
2 mL salt ¼ tsp
175 mL Western Family butter,at room temperature ¾ cup
175 mL granulated sugar ¾ cup
1 Western Family egg 1
5 mL Western Family vanilla icing or sprinkles for decorating 1 tsp

Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Sift the flour with the salt and set aside. With electric mixer, blend butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla and blend well. At low speed, blend in the flour salt mixture. Remove dough from bowl, flatten into a disk, wrap with plastic or waxed paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Remove from refrigerator and allow to stand for about 10 minutes. On a floured surface, roll dough to desired thickness. Use cookie cutters to cut into desired shapes. Transfer to baking sheets and bake for 12 minutes or until just very lightly golden. Cool cookies and decorate.

Makes about 3 dozen mediumsized cookies. Varies with cookie cutter shapes chosen.

Nutritional analysis per cookie
Calories 78 Protein 1 g Fat 4 g Carbohydrate 9.6 g Fibre 0.2 g