No-Fail Sugar Cookies

Yield: 4 to 5 dozen
Total: 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups salted butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
5 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 180° C (160° C fan-forced).
Beat butter and sugar together with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and creamy, about two minutes.
In a separate large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
Add eggs and vanilla to creamed butter and sugar. Mix well.
With mixer on lowest speed, add flour mixture a little at a time to butter mixture. Mix until the flour is completely incorporated and the dough comes together. (Dough will be crumbly. You may need to turn out the dough onto a flat surface and finish mixing it by hand.)
Roll out dough, and cut out with cookie cutters.
Bake on baking sheet for 8-10 minutes or until just beginning to turn brown around the edges.

Notes

If you plan to refrigerate or freeze a batch, roll it into a log first and wrap in cling film. Then for round cookies you can just cut slices to your desired thickness.

This is an easy recipe to adapt: swap in a butter substitute for a dairy-free version, or gluten-free flour for a gluten-free version, or a sugar substitute for a sugar-free version.