Butter Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter, sugar and vanilla until very light and fluffy. add the flour gradually, mixing until well blended (do not over mix).
• 2 chill dough in freezer for 30 minutes.
• 3 roll out a third of dough at a time, keeping remaining dough chilled.
• 4 onto a lightly floured board, gently roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. cut with a 2-1/2-inch round cookie cutter.
• 5 place on an ungreased cookie sheet. prick tops with a fork, making a pattern of 3 rows of 4 dots.
• 6 continue rolling out dough using scraps, mixing the warm scraps with the chilled dough.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes until just barely browned. cool a few minutes.
• 8 remove to rack to cool completely.