"ROLL & CUT COOKIES"

From foodnetwork.com

1 cup salted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons whipping cream or milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder

Combine butter and sugar.  In a small bowl, mix egg, cream or milk, and extracts.  Add this mixture all at once to the butter and sugar.  Mix just until the egg is broken.  The mixture will "curdle" but that's not a problem.

In another small bowl, mix the flour and baking powder.  Add these dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients in the mixing bowl.  Process to form dough.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  (The beauty of this dough is that it does not need to chill in the fridge before you use it.)

Flour a work surface.  Knead dough a few times to smooth it out and with a rolling pin, roll dough to desired thickness.  Cut into desired shapes.  The dough scraps can be used several times, just knead a few more times to smooth it out then roll again.  Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool on a wire rack.  YIELD:  about 2 dozen cookies, but it depends on the size of your cookie cutter.

**Since trying this recipe, this is the only dough I use to make cut-outs - it's awesome and tastes really good.