Lori,

This recipe is the BEST! For the frosting, I just buy the ready made kind and tint it with food coloring.

Hope this is what you were looking for.Sugar Cookies (for cutouts)

1 cup softened butter or oleo
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream above ingredients together.

Add:

2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix well. Roll out on lightly floured surface and cut out cookie cutters. Sprinkle colored sugar on at this point or frost after cooling.

Bake 6-8 minutes at 400*. Do not overbake. Cool before frosting.

I usually double this recipe and it will keep up to 2 weeks in the fridge.