Recipe Classic Butter Cookies I (Cookie)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparing/Cooking:

• Cream the butter in a large mixing bowl, gradually add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture.
• For all the types of cookie shapes preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) before baking.
• Bake all cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Shape the dough in one of the following ways:
  Roll out the chilled dough and cut with cookie cutters.
• Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.
• Bake for 6 to 8 minutes.
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  OR
  Form dough into logs 2 inches in diameter and slice 1/8 inch thick when chilled.
• Sprinkle with chopped nuts, if desired, and bake for 7 to 9 minutes.
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  OR
  Shape into balls and bake.
• Balls may be rolled in sugar mixed with cinnamon if desired.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
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  OR
  Put unchilled dough into a cookie press and press into desired shapes chill shaped cookies before baking.
• Bake chilled cookies for 8 to 10 minutes.
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  OR
  Add 1 cup chopped walnuts and 1/2 cup flour to dough.
• Chill then shape into balls and bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Roll still warm cookies in confectioners' sugar.
• Once cool sprinkle chilled cookies with more confectioners' sugar.

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