Easy Lunch Box Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• * Optional. Colored candy sprinkles. These cookies are tasty without the candy sprinkles on them as well.

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add egg and vanilla.
3. Mix all dry ingredients and add slowly to butter cream mixture until incorporated.
4. Roll out on lightly floured board to desired thickness.
5. Cut out 2-1/2" circles, dab the sprinkles onto the cookies and bake at 400 degrees for 7-10 minutes. The cookiesshould be light in color with light browning on the edges. Cool the cookies on a cooling rack.