Almost Sweetopia Sugar Cookie Cutouts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup salted butter, at room temperature
1 cup butter flavor shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 large eggs
6 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
6 cups flour

Preparation

By hand, cream the butter and sugars in a large bowl.
Add the first egg and mix well.
Add the second egg with the vanilla and almond extracts and mix.
Sift the flour into the bowl and mix until smooth--do not overmix.
Split the dough into four pieces (two if making a half batch) and pat each section into a disk about 1 1/2 cm thick.
Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Between the plastic wrap and some parchment paper, roll out the dough to 1 cm and cut out cookie shapes. Then mush together and re-roll scraps.
Place cutouts on parchment paper and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to chill again. (They will then hold their shape better when baked after chilling. I sometimes chill overnight and bake the next day.).
Preheat your oven to 350\u00b0F or 176\u00b0C.
Bake cookies for 8-15 minutes or until the edges are golden. (The baking time will depend on the size of your cookie. In my oven, 4 inch cookies take 15 minutes).
Let cookies cool to room temperature and decorate!