1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 2/3 cup flour
Beat butter with sugar and extract in large bowl with electric mixer. Stir in flour until dough forms. Refrigerate 1 hour. Roll out on floured surface and use your fun Christmas cookie cutters. Place cut-out cookies on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 7-9 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Icing
3 cups confectioners sugar
5 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
food coloring
sprinkles
Mix sugar, milk and extract together until smooth. Divide and add color. Enjoy!!
Warning: Those commercials you see on TV where the mom and her young kids are happily rolling out dough and cutting out cookies are an act! Don't believe it can be this clean and orderly (unless your kids are
naturally always this way)! In my home, I had two boys attacking my Christmas tree cutouts with their snowmen cutters...flour all over the house...icing on the carpet...mess and all, the cookies turned out delicious and we had the time of our life!