Super Easy Butter Cookies!

Ingredients:
1 stick of margarine at room temperature
1 cup of flour
4 tablespoons of sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 1: Mix the ingredients all together with your hands or a fork.

Step 2: Make 1” dough balls and place them on a cookie sheet. Press the cookies down with a fork making a crisscross pattern.

Step 3: Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool and enjoy! Makes 15 Butter Cookies!
This is a small recipe but if you want to make more simply double the ingredients.
Recipe by Joyce Andrews from My Things To Do Book.
These extra cute printable tags by Pen and Paper Studio Design would make a cute teachers gift for back to school
Or for the kids!
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Comments

Wonderfully Sew Knit said…

I put these in the oven about 7 minutes ago and they smell lovely! Thanks for the quick cookie recipe!

August 18, 2010 at 1:01 PM

Mom2fur said…

I love butter cookies! I'll be trying this recipe soon (we have to finish the Cocoa Krispies treats, first) and I'm sure we'll all love it!

August 18, 2010 at 3:23 PM

Unknown said…

thanks so much for sharing the tags i created!! your butter cookies look delicious!! *wink*

August 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM

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