Sugar Cookies

Sorry this is a day late.

Thus recipe is from Erika's Young women's President. They are great. Be sure to use the almond extract. It make a huge difference. She recommends that you double the recipe.

Sugar Cookies
Mix well:
¾ c margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla (I use almond extract instead)
Add:
2 ½ c flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp. salt
Chill dough for 1 hour. Roll out dough to ½” thick (these are the soft thick cookies not the thin crisp kind) and cut with shape cookie cutters.
Bake 350 degrees for 8-10 min. (These cookies don’t get brown around the edges.)
Frosting
8oz. cream cheese, softened
1 ½ lb. powdered sugar (or until desired consistency)
¼ - milk or more if needed
1 tsp vanilla
food coloring as desired
Beat 5 min.
*** Note: this makes lots of frosting that could frost more than one batch of cookies.