Sensational Maze Sugar Cookies

My family doesn’t usually stick to a tradition for Christmas or the holidays, but the one that has always managed to stick around my whole life is my stepmother’s homemade sugar cookies.
For as long as I remember, we make these delicious cookies and spend hours decorating them with all sorts of little things, making them extra special. On the weekend before Christmas, my whole family always gathers in the kitchen and makes all sorts of yummy holiday themed cakes, cookies, fudges, barks and more. But my favorite by far is the delicious, chewy sugar cookies we make and design.
This treat is a holiday classic that is simple and made from ingredients that can usually be found around your house and pantry. And the simplicity makes these cookies easy to enjoy for any occasion.
There are so many different ways to customize your cookies and make them to your own liking or for any holiday or occasion. You can use all sorts of sprinkles like sugar pearls, sanding sugar, multicolor, etc. And any fun frostings like buttercream or royal to add extra taste and texture. And, of course, my personal favorite, fun-shaped cookie cutters to give the cookies some character and creativity. The decorations always add such a fun, festive touch to the cookies.
I remember as a child, I would make these cookies into whatever I could imagine making anything from stars to tigers, sitting at my kitchen table covered to the brim in parchment paper, flour, cookie cutters, rolling pins, and all sorts of cookie making necessities, and make dozens of these sugar cookies. And then, when we were done, we would share the magic of them and give them to friends and neighbors when we had finished adding our final touches.
To make your cookies even more delightful than they already are, you can serve them with a glass of hot chocolate, warm cider, eggnog, milk, or any other beverage of your choice. I hope if you give this recipe a try, you can enjoy it as much as my family and friends do.

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup  butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• Add the flour, salt, and baking powder  into a bowl, mix, and set aside.   
• In another bowl, add the softened (room temperature) butter, eggs. sugar, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth — about a minute.
• In three or four batches, add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing until incorporated.
• Roll them into one inch balls or roll the dough out using a rolling pin and cut out shapes using a cookie cutter. Top them with sprinkles, sanding sugar, cinnamon and sugar, or anything else you can think of.