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harrisonsdream
11-29-2007, 06:47 PM
BUTTER COOKIES



1 Cup (2 sticks) butter (softened)
1/2 Cup sugar
2-1/4 Cups all purpose flour
1 Teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Egg
Few drops of color, if desired

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix butter and sugar in medium bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 6 to 9 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. [You can put glitter on cookies as soon as they come out of oven.] Cool on wire rack. About 5 dozen cookies.

[If dough doesn’t come out of press, refrigerate dough for about 5-10 minutes.]