Butter Cookies

 

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Oh my…is all I can say about these cookies! They are fabulous! The minute I tasted them it took me back to the days when I was a little kid entering a bakery for the first time. When I read about them over at Sandra’s Blog…Full Belly, Happy Kids…I was intrigued.  The recipe is so simple and easy that even a novice to baking can make these. My daughter wanted in on the action as soon as she saw me whip out the flour and sugar 🙂
This is what you will need (one sweet little girl included):
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1 stick of butter or 1/2 cup (softened), 1 cup of flour (in the picture it has Self Rising, but we had some all purpose flour so I used AP), 5 tbsp. of sugar…plus a tad bit more to roll the balls of dough in, 1/4 tsp. salt, and 1 tsp. vanilla extract or almond extract.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl.

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Stir until well mixed.  It will be a little crumbly.
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Shape into round balls and roll each ball into the bowl of sugar…making sure to coat all around.  Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or aluminium foil.
Take a fork and make mish-mash markings in each cookie (she LOVED this part).
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Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies start to brown. Let them cool for 2 minutes before serving. These are GREAT with a glass of cold milk 🙂
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I see someone trying to steal a cookie!!!
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Butter Cookies
(makes 16 cookies)

Ingredients: 
1 stick of unsalted butter or 1/2 cup (softened)
1 cup of flour
5 tbsp. of sugar…plus a bit more to roll dough balls in
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract and or almond extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Stir until well mixed.
Shape into round balls and roll in the bowl of sugar.  Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or aluminium foil. Take a fork and make mish-mash markings in each cookie.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies start to brown. Let them cool for 2 minutes before serving. Enjoy with a glass of cold milk and lots of smiles 🙂

10 Comments

  1. Yum! I just followed your blog from the link at Sugarpie Farmhouse. Lots of great recipes!

    Linda

  2. Libby I'm so glad you enjoyed them 🙂

    I always have to double or triple the recipe for us because just one batch is NOT enough, it's pretty much gone 10 minutes after they're done LOL

    Thanks for the link to my blog, I appreciate it 🙂

    Hugs,
    Sandra

  3. I kid you not – I just discovered her blog and printed out this recipe today!! Great minds think alike! 😉 I was going to make these for one of my cookies for Baking Gals this month.

  4. Mommy's Kitchen says:

    The cookies look sweet and so does your little helper. I am so glad you are letting the kids help in the kitchen. they can do more than we give them credit for.

  5. Oh YUM….I would love these for sure. Your photos of your darling little helper are terrific too. Oh how she's grown since these were taken! Thanks for sharing – I'm always trying new cookie recipes and this is being added to my file.

  6. @Marsha-Yes…she has grown since these pictures were taken…lol. She was 3 years old at the time…she's now 5 🙂 Hope you enjoy the recipe 😉

  7. What an adorable little helper you have! I have a handsome helper myself. I'm here visiting from Southern Food Bloggers (I'm in KY) and I wanted to invite you to join in on a linky party I'm co-hosting this month. Anything sweet goes – sounds like your little girl might enjoy getting in on the action too! Hope to see you there.

  8. Why thank you Danielle 🙂 Thank you for the linky party invite! I will have to go check it out 😉

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