Butter Cookies

Suddenly the weather has changed and it has been

so cold in the Midwest . Kids preferred to stay inside

and I make them by helping me in making this delicious

butter cookies..They love to add more details to the

cookies..Here is the basic butter cookies which can be

tweaked to any type..orange , lemon , chocolate.....

Ingredients

All purpose flour - 2 cups

Butter - 1 1/2 sticks

Sugar - 1 cup

Egg - 1

Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method

• Whisk together flour , baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar for 6 min.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Then add flour mixture and mix until just combned.
• Form dough into a 6 inch disc and cover it in a plastic wrap.
• Chill the dough in the refrigerator until 4 hrs or until firm.
• Preheat oven to 375 F .Roil out the disc into 9 inch round with 1/4 " thick.
• Cut into desired shaped using cookie cutters.
• Transfer the cookies to the baking sheets and bake for 12- 15 min.
• Cool down in the wire rack.Frost the cookies once it cooled down completely.

Decorating Icing

Powdered Sugar - 1 lb

water - 1/3 cup

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Beat everything together . Add more water or lemon juice if it is hard to decorate the cookies

I am sending this to Happy Cooks Home made Christmas Gifts.