Soft Sugar Cookie Cutouts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup light sour cream
2 teaspoons orange zest (or lemon peel)
4 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar and butter until creamy. Beat in eggs, vanilla and sour cream until fluffy. Mix in orange peel.
In a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture into creamed mixture. Beat until well-combined.
Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap or wax paper. Chill for about 2 hours.
When dough is chilled, preheat oven to 400.
Roll dough on to lightly floured surface to about 1/8\"-1/4\" thickness. Cut with cookie cutters and place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets about 2\" apart. (If desired, sprinkle with colored sugars). Bake at 400 for 6-9 minutes or until edges slightly golden. Cool about 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.