Best Christmas Butter Cookies
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Best Christmas Butter Cookies recipe.
Ingredients
| 1 | cup |
butter
soft (real butter only) |
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| 2 | tablespoons |
vanilla extract
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| 3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
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| ⅔ | cup |
sugar
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| 2 | large |
eggs
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| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
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Directions
Cream butter until light and fluffy.
Add sugar.
Gradually stir in vanilla.
Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Blend in flour and salt.
Mix well.
Wrap dough and chill for at least 2 hours.
Lightly flour a pastry cloth and rolling pin.
Roll dough to about ⅛ inch thickness.
Cut into desired shape.
Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets.
Bake at 350'C. for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.
Cool, frost and decorate.
Makes 5 dozen.
