Cookies to Make with Kids

Anyone who has children — and not just little ones — knows how much kids love playing with dough. Of course, after all that fun, the kitchen usually needs a serious cleanup! But when you have a stand mixer to help and a recipe for the most easy-to-work-with dough, it's really not that bad. In fact, everyone ends up enjoying both the baking and decorating process, as well as eating the cookies afterwards

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (225 g)

• 3/4 cup sugar (190 g)

• 1 egg

•  1 tsp vanilla extract

• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour (375 g)

• 1 tsp baking powder

• pinch of salt

Steps

1. Beat the butter and sugar together with a mixer

2. While mixing, add the egg and vanilla

3. Combine the dry ingredients

4. Mix everything together and knead into a dough

5. The dough should be soft, elastic, and not sticky

6. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 20–30 minutes

7. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 0.5 cm on a lightly floured surface

8. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes

9. If desired, decorate with colored sugar or sprinkles

10. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 13–18 minutes