This one is from the original Joy of Cooking. They changed the recipe at some point and it wasn’t as good.
Cream Together:
- 1 cup butter
- 2/3 cups sugar
Then
- Beat in 1 egg
Combine in a bowl:
- 2 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. of salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Then:
- Add the flower mixture to the butter/sugar/egg mixture
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Chill dough for 3 to 4 hours before rolling. Â
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- Preheat oven to 350.
- Roll out and cut.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until slightly colored.
- Let them cool a bit before you try to take them off the cookie sheet.
- Decorate while still a little warm.
 Notes:
Excess dough can be rerolled and used again. Alexis is right about not beating the hell out of the dough when making it. You don’t want tough cookies. I used to work it into manageable balls by hand to refrigerate.
Need decorating ideas? Evil Barnyard Animals are super festive!
