Sugar Cookies

Ingredients
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg, at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla extract


Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
5. Gradually mix in the flour mixture until just combined.
6. Roll dough into small balls and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. These cookies expand quite a bit while baking, so make sure you leave plenty of room between the dough balls on the baking sheet.
7. *Optional: roll in colored sugar prior to baking. I used red and green sugar crystals to make these cookies festive for the holidays.
8. Bake for 10 minutes.
9. Let stand for two minutes before removing cookies to wire rack to cool.