• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, blend the butter and sugar until creamy and light.
• Add egg, almond extract, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
• Slowly add dry ingredients and mix until combined. Dough will be a little crumbly.
• Turn out the dough onto a surface sprinkled with powdered sugar or flour. Press into a ball and then roll out to ¼ inch thickness. Use circle cookie cutters to create one large circle and two small circles for each cookie. Carefully lift shaped cookies to the baking sheet. Using a flat spatula is recommended to help the cookies maintain their shape.
• Press into a ball and then roll out to ¼ inch thickness.
• Use circle cookie cutters to create one large circle and two small circles for each cookie.
• Carefully lift shaped cookies to the baking sheet.
• Using a flat spatula is recommended to help the cookies maintain their shape.
• Bake cookies for 7 to 9 minutes. Do not brown the cookies.
• Allow cookies to cool for at least 20 minutes on the baking sheet before carefully removing to a cooling rack.
• After cooling, decorate with royal icing.
• While the icing is still wet, press the decorations into the cookies and place the two smaller cookies on the larger cookie.
• Allow icing to dry before storing in an airtight container between layers of parchment paper.

Royal Icing Hack - Optional

• Remove the foil seal from the frosting cans
• Microwave the frosting for 30 seconds then stir until smooth.
• Spread the frosting on with a spoon or piping bag.