Sugar cookies

1. For the Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar together well in a stand up mixer. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.
Mix in flour, baking powder and salt.
Roll out to the thickness of a pie crust on a lightly floured surface. Cut into rounds or with cookie cutters.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edge of the cookies are a VERY light brown, do NOT over bake.

2. For the Icing:
Beat the first four ingredients together in a stand mixer until proper consistency (you can add more icing sugar and/or milk as needed).
Add food colouring and continue to mix until the dough is the desired colour.

3. TIP: If you don’t want to ice the cookies but you don’t want them to be plain, add the food colouring directly to the cookie dough and mix until desired colour is obtained.