Butter Cookies

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

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

Recipe

• 1 cream butter; add sugar gradually; cream thoroughly. add egg, beat well. stir in vanilla.
• 2 mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt. add to first mixture; stir until blended. chill 1/2 hour.
• 3 roll out dough on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. cut in various shapes with floured cookie cutters.
• 4 bake on cookie sheet in moderately hot oven, 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 5 variations: use same basic dough with the following changes:.
• 6 chocolate: melt and cool 1 1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate and add to creamed mixture and blend well.
• 7 lemon: substitute 1 1/2 tablespoons grated lemon rind and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice for vanilla.
• 8 nutty butterscotch: sustitute 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar for granulated sugar. add 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts to dry ingredients.
• 9 coconut: substitute 1 teaspoons almond extract for vanilla. add 1/2 cup finely chopped coconut to dry ingredients.