4 holiday cookie cutout Recipes

ingredients for basic butter cookies, decorating icing (optional), ing in various colors (optional), garnish: edible glitter and nonpareils (see cooks note, below)

butter, softened (2 sticks), molasses, granulated sugar, vinegar, egg, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon

powdered sugar, butter or margarine, egg, vanilla extract, almond extract, flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, icing, powdered sugar, butter or margarine, egg white, salt, almond extract, sprinkles (optional), instead of doing the icing - before baking make a small holiday cutout in the center of your cookie (i.e. a star or christmas tree) and place 1 life saver in the cutout