Spooky Sugar Cookies

• 1 cup unsalted butter cut into cubes
• 1cup sugar
• 1 egg beaten with milk
• 1 tbsp milk for egg
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• Powdered sugar as required

• Beat butter and sugar until light in color in a mixer. Beat egg, milk and vanilla together in a small bowl until combined. Add egg, milk and vanilla mixture to butter and sugar and beat until all the ingredients are well combined.
• While butter and sugar are mixing, place flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, stir to combine and set aside until needed.
• When butter, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla are well combined, turn mixer to low speed and add flour, one cup at a time, until all the flour is mixed. Do not over-mix.
• Divide dough into 2 equal pieces, press each piece into a flattened ball and wrap each piece in plastic film. Refrigerate dough at least 2 hours (or overnight) before shaping.
• When dough is completely chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle work surface with powdered sugar, remove one piece of dough from refrigerator, and unwrap and place on work surface. Roll out dough with rolling pin to about 1/4-inch thick. Cut into desired shapes and place cookies, about 1-inch apart, on parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven about 8 to 12 minutes or until cookies begin to brown on the edges.
• When cookies are done, remove cookie sheet from oven and let cookies cool for 3 to 5 minutes on the cookie sheet. Once cookies are partially cooled, remove from cookie sheet and let them cool.
• When cookies are completely cooled, decorate as desired.