Best Soft Christmas Cookies

Ingredients
three ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup margarine, softened
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
STEP 1
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt collectively in a medium bowl; set aside.
STEP2
Beat sugar and margarine in a massive bowl with an electric powered mixer till smooth. Beat first egg into butter mixture. Beat 2d egg into combination alongside with vanilla extract; add flour combination and stir till dough is simply combined. Wrap dough; sit back in the fridge for two hours.
STEP 3
Preheat the oven to four hundred ranges F (200 levels C). Grease two cookie sheets.
STEP 4
Roll out dough on a smooth floured floor to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out shapes the use of cookie cutters; prepare them on the organized cookie sheets. Gather scraps and repeat this step.
STEP 5
Bake in batches in the preheated oven till edges are golden, about 6 to eight minutes. Cool on the baking sheet temporarily earlier than eliminating to a wire rack to cool completely.