Easter Cookies

So many diets to make cookies for:) Soooo, I thought I would put the three different recipes on my blog:)

Regular Sugar Cookies

 makes 5 dozen

 1 1/2 cups butter, softened

 2 cups white sugar

 4 eggs

 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 5 cups all-purpose flour

 2 teaspoons baking powder

 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely. 

Gluten Free Sugar Cookies 
Makes 1 1/2 dozen

 1/2 cups butter, softened

.6 cups white sugar

 1 egg

 1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract

 1.6 cups all-purpose flour

 .6 teaspoons baking powder

.6 teaspoon salt 

Mix ingredients like you do for the regular sugar cookie recipe and refrigerate for an hour or more. Cut out cookies and decorate with colored sugar by painting cookies with soy or whatever milk you use and sprinkling the sugar on them. Bake 10 - 12 minutes in 350 degree oven. Let cool.

Vegan Sugar Cookies
Makes about 5 dozen 

 Ingredients
5 cups organic unbleached flour
4 teaspoons Baking Powder
2 cups sugar white sugar
1/2 cup almond milk, soy milk, or soy milk creamer
1 tablespoon vanilla, almond, coconut or lemon extract
1 13-ounce carton of Whipped Organic Earth Balance Buttery Spread
 
Mix ingredients like you do for the regular sugar cookie recipe and refrigerate for an hour or more. Cut out cookies and decorate with colored sugar by painting cookies with soy or whatever milk you use and sprinkling the sugar on them. Bake 10 - 12 minutes in 350 degree oven. Let cool.