In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt. In a medium bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light. It had to be buttery, a little crumbly (like shortbread), and not too sweet.

Ingredients of Butter Cookies

  1. It's 1 cup of butter.
  2. You need 1 each of egg.
  3. You need 2 tsp of vanilla.
  4. It's 1 cup of sugar.
  5. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
  6. You need 2 2/3 cup of sifted flour.

Butter Cookies instructions

  1. cream well and add unbeaten egg, salt, and vanilla; beat well..
  2. blend 2 2/3 cups of sifted flour..
  3. bake at 375 for 7-10 minutes.
  4. use as drop, rolled or cookie press.

The dough is like my spritz cookies, but with a little milk to make it pipe-able. Make sure it's properly softened to room temperature before beginning. And if you're in the cookie baking mood, don't forget these other favorites: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, Cowboy Cookies and these Soft Sugar Cookies topped with buttery sweet Sugar Cookie Icing. I made the ice box version because it's so quick. Used colored sugar to make them pretty.

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