Homemade Animal Cookies

When making these animal cookies, you need cookie cutters or templates of your favorite animals. If you don’t own any ready-made animal shaped cutters, feel free to let your imagination and artistic talent guide you in making your own animal templates.

The next step is to gather the following ingredients:

Granulated sugar	½ cup
Brown sugar, packed	½ cup
Unsalted butter, softened	½ cup or 1 stick
Vanilla extract	1 tsp
Egg	1 large
All purpose flour	2 cups
Baking powder	1 tsp
Salt	½ tsp
Ground cinnamon	½ tsp

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

• Cream softened butter until light, then add sugars (both granulated and brown). Continue creaming at medium speed until the mixture is fluffy.

• Add egg and vanilla extract. Combine them well. At this point, if dough is too soft to handle, cover and refrigerate it for 2 hours or until firm.

  

• When you are ready to bake, roll dough out to about ¼-inch thick. Use cookie cutters or templates to cut out your favorite animals.
  
  
  
  
• Bake for about 10 minutes or until cookie edges are golden brown. Transfer animal cookies to wire racks to cool.