Easy Butter Cookies
Crisp and delightful butter cookies are packed with buttery flavor and melt in your mouth. Old fashioned butter cookies are tough to beat.
Ingredients
| 2 | cups |
butter
softened |
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 6 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
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| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
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| 1 | x |
powdered sugar
optional |
* |
Directions
These festive staples are enjoyable any time of the year, and the dough can be made months ahead, kept in your freezer, and baked on demand whenever there's a craving.
This recipe is suitable for using with a cookie press or simply rolling the dough out and using cookie cutters.
How to make butter cookies
Using a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
In a little bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour and baking powder; gradually add to the creamed butter and egg mixture and incorporating fully.
Shape with a cookie press or roll out to desired thickness with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface can cut into shapes as desired.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Decorate with sugar if desired.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) between 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are slightly brown.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 74g (2.6 oz)
