Cut-out cookies

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       Title: Cut-Out Cookies
  Categories: Cookies, Holiday
       Yield: 48 cookies
  
       1 c  Butter or margarine
   1 1/2 c  C and H Powdered Sugar
            -- unsifted
       1    Egg
       1 ts Vanilla
   2 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
       1 ts Baking powder
  
   Soften butter and beat until creamy.  Beat in sugar until smooth.  Add egg
   and vanilla; mix well.  Stir in flour and baking powder until thoroughly
   mixed.  Chill 2 to 3 hours.  Roll dough thin on floured board.  Cut into
   desired shapes.  Bake on ungreased cookie sheet in 375-degree oven 8 to 10
   minutes.  To frost: Beat one egg white until foamy.  Beat in 1/2 cup
   unsifted C and H Powdered Sugar.  Tint with food coloring.  Paint cookie
   with frosting BEFORE baking.  Makes 4-dozen cut-out cookies.
   
   Reprinted with permission from:
   Powdered Sugar Cookies from the C and H Sugar Kitchen
   by Jean Porter
   Electronic format by Karen Mintzias
  
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