Confectioner's Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 6 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 60
• 1 cup butter (i use 1/2 butter and 1/2 margarine-the dough doesn't melt as fast)
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• 2 beat until light. add egg and vanilla.
• 3 beat until fluffy.
• 4 add dry ingredients. stir just until mixed.
• 5 refrigerate. roll, cut and bake for 6 minutes at 350° on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6 cool, frost and decorate.
• 7 variations: spread unbaked shapes with egg and decorate with sprinkles-then bake. add 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans here in texas). roll in 1" balls.
• 8 bake, cool and toss in a paper lunch sack with confectioner's sugar to coat. roll dough in 1" balls.
• 9 bake, cool and toss in paper bag with sugar/cinnamon mixture to coat. add 1 cup of candied fruits to dough.
• 10 roll in 1" balls. bake and cool.
• 11 divide dough in half.
• 12 color dough and use dough as basis of pinwheel cookies or checkerboard cookies.