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Old-Fashioned Butter Cookies
Preparation info
- Makes About
20
Cookies - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 2007
This is the traditional butter cookie dough long used in American bakeries. Because the recipe contains baking powder, these cookies have a lighter texture than the Holiday Butter Cookies.
Ingredients
2 cups ¾ teaspoon ¼ teaspoon
Method
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon or a mixer, gradually building up speed from low to high, cream together the butter, sugar, and vanilla for about 7 minutes by hand or 5 minutes with the mixer, or until smooth and creamy. Beat in the egg. Add the flour mixture and work it in with a wooden spoon or with the mixer on low th