Simply Delicious Butter Cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
Simply Delicious Butter Cookies
Featured in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on April 1, 2009.
Ingredients:
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a large bowl, whip the butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar to the butter and mix well.
- Add the vanilla and beat until light and fluffy again.
- Add flour by 1/2 cup increments.
- The batter will become sticky and should form into a ball.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
- Shape into 1-inch balls.
- Place on ungreased baking sheets.
- Flatten dough slightly.
- Bake for 8 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned.
Makes 5 dozen.
Optional: After flattening cookie dough, place a thumb print indentation in the center of each cookie and place 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of your favorite jam or jelly into the indentation and bake.
Approximate Nutrient Analysis per tiny cookie:
45 calories, 3 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 20 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 1 g sugar, 0 g protein
