Butter Cookies Recipe

Title: 1989 Honorable Mention: Butter Cookies
  Categories: Cookies, Holiday
       Yield: 36 servings
  
       1 c  Butter, softened
     1/2 c  Plus 1 1/2 tb sugar
   1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
       1 ts Vanilla
            Sugar for rolling
  
     Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 17 to 20 minutes per batch
   
      1. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Add flour, a
     little at a time, then vanilla. Stir until blended.
   
      2. Roll dough into small balls the size of a walnut, then roll the
     balls in sugar. Flatten with cookie stamp or bottom of a glass. Put
     onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until edges are lightly browned, 17
     to 20 minutes. This dough needs no  chilling, rolling or cutting. It
     is easily doubled. Honorable mention went to Agnes Da Costa of
     Chicago. from the Chicago Tribune second annual Food Guide Holiday
     Cookie Contest December 14, 1989
  
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