Rolled Sugar Cookies

My 2 year old loves to help me cook. Baking is his favorite. We are going to show you how we make our sugar cookies, "dino-style"!
These cookies are always a hit and you likely have all of the ingredients already!

1½ cups of room temperature butter
2 cups of white sugar
4 large eggs
1 tsp of vanilla extract
5 cups of all-purpose flour
2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of salt
Parchment paper

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
Then, beat in eggs and vanilla.
Stir in the flour (one cup at a time), baking powder, and salt.
Cover the bowl and chill dough in the fridge for one hour.
(You can chill dough overnight)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Roll out dough on a floured surface until it's about ¼ inch thick.
Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter (We are using dinosaurs).
Place cookies 1 inch apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
*If you want your cookies to have patterns or details on the top of the cookie, now is the time to do that.
**if you want to decorate with sugar on top, now is the time for that, as well.

Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven.

Cool completely.

If you plan on decorating with cookie (royal) icing, wait until the cookies are completely cool before doing so.
This is my son's favorite part! :)
He was so proud of his decorating skills.

Have fun and Enjoy!