Beat butter and sugar together in large bowl until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
Add flour mixture to butter/sugar/eggs/vanilla.
Gather half the dough into a ball. Flatten the ball and place on floured cutting board or counter. Cover remainder of dough with plastic so it does not dry out.
Roll dough until ¼ inch thick.
Cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Be sure to press the cookie cutter all the way down to the board to make a clean cut.
Place cookie shapes about 2 inches apart on unbuttered cookie sheet.
Sprinkle cookies with colored sugar.
Bake in preheated oven for 6-10 minutes, depending on shape. If your shapes are very narrow, be sure to check them at 6 minutes.
Cool cookies on rack (don't let them stay on the sheet more than a few minutes or the colored sugar may make them stick!)
Recipe by blossomsandposies.com at https://blossomsandposies.com/blog/sugar-cookie-recipe/