Butter Cookies
Recipe: #1330
October 25, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Slice and Bake, Snacks, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Christmas, Mothers Day, Potluck, Thanksgiving, Oven Bake, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Flour, Butter/Margarine, more
"They are a delicious buttery shortbread cookie. Very easy to make, since you are not using the cookie press. Don't substitute margarine for the butter!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (27.1 g)
- Calories 127.5
- Total Fat - 6.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.9 g
- Cholesterol - 16.3 mg
- Sodium - 54.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 17.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 10 g
- Protein - 1 g
- Calcium - 3.3 mg
- Iron - 0.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Cream butter with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla using a mixer.
Step 3
Add the flour to make a stiff batter.
Step 4
Shape batter into 2 rolls using waxed paper.
Step 5
Divided remaining sugar into bowls and color with food coloring. I usually do atleast 2 colors. Place sugar on a piece of waxed paper and spread sugar out. Roll cookie tube in colored sugar. Wrap rolls up using the waxed paper.
Step 6
Refrigerate rolls for 30-45 minutes, till stiff.
Step 7
Slice in 1/4 inche slices and bake until bottom to become golden. Do not overbake. 7-9 minutes baking time depending on your oven. Prep time includes refrigeration time.
Tips
No special items needed.