Glittery Sugar Cookies!!

Theres something you need to know about me.
I. Love. Glitter.
Like, Love.
Seriously, I don't know what it is. It's been this way for as long as I can remember... It's like I was born with a special glitter gene. A little piece of sparkle in my veins that attracts to me other sparkley things.
It's really an obsession.
So you can only imagine my excitement when I came across Disco Dust!!!
Within about two minutes of seeing it I ordered three different colors offline.
Amazing.
It's everything I hoped for and more!
And there's only one thing better than just glitter....pink and glitter!
So I had to make something to test out of the Disco Dust, and hearts and cupcakes seemed like the perfect idea.
This sugar cookie recipe is the best one I've found so far, they're nice and soft and still hold together well enough for decorating. I'm still working on my decorating skills...but these are by far my best yet.
A little glitter never hurt anyone...give it a go!


Sugar Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
¾ cups Butter
1 cup White Sugar
2 whole Eggs
1-½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2-½ cups All-purpose Flour
¼ teaspoons Cream Of Tartar
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoons Salt
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, combine room temperature (not melted) butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla and combine.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking powder, and salt. This is an important step; you want to avoid lumps in your dough.

Slowly add dry ingredients into wet batter until fully incorporated.

Drop dough onto a large piece of saran wrap, mold it into a 4×4 square, and refrigerate for at least one hour. I often let mine sit overnight.

When ready to bake the cookies, generously flour a flat surface and roll out the dough. You can use as much flour as you need! I prefer to make cookies about 1/4″ to 1/2″ thick, but you can go thicker and still have successful results.

For best results, bake on silpat or parchment paper. You can reuse parchment, too!

Bake at 325-350 degrees for 5 to 8 minutes. In my oven, right about 6 minutes yields a perfectly cooked cookie, with no brown edges.( I had to cook them closer to 10 minutes at 350, so just keep an eye on them)

Recipe from i am baker

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