Butter Cookies
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 8-10
  • Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups sifted flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS
  1. Directions
  2. Cream butter; add sugar gradually; cream thoroughly. Add egg, beat well. Stir in vanilla.
  3. Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add to first mixture; stir until blended. Chill 1/2 hour.
  4. Roll out dough on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut in various shapes with floured cookie cutters.
  5. Bake on cookie sheet in moderately hot oven, 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
  6. Variations: Use same basic dough with the following changes:.
  7. CHOCOLATE: Melt and cool 1 1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate and add to creamed mixture and blend well.
  8. LEMON: Substitute 1 1/2 tablespoons grated lemon rind and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice for vanilla.
  9. NUTTY BUTTERSCOTCH: Sustitute 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar for granulated sugar. Add 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts to dry ingredients.
  10. COCONUT: Substitute 1 teaspoons almond extract for vanilla. Add 1/2 cup finely chopped coconut to dry ingredients.