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Fast & Fancy Butter Cookies

Make Fast & Fancy Butter Cookies at home with Butter, Sugar, Flour, and Baking Powder. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 2 cup
• 1 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   In large bowl with mixer at med speed, beat butter & sugar until light & fluffy; beat egg in well.

2. 2

   At low speed beat in flour & baking powder until well blended.

3. 3

   Flatten dough to disk shape; refrigerate, wraped in plastic wrap, 1 hour until firm.

4. 4

   Heat oven to 375.

5. 5

   Work with half dough at a time; keep remainder refrigerated.

6. 6

   Mold or press into shapes; or roll out to 1/8 ″ or 1/4 ″ thick between two sheets of wax paper or plastic wrap & cut into desired shapes.

7. 7

   Place shapes on ungreased cookie sheets, spacing about 1 ″ apart.

8. 8

   Bake 8-15 minutes depending on thickness of dough, until firm to touch & edges are lightly browned.

9. 9

   Cool on racks.

10. 10

    Store in airtight containers.