Butter Cookies for Christmas
Cream the following ingredients with a mixer:
1 cup butter
¾ cups of sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
Mix the following dry ingredients:
¾ teaspoon salt
2¼ cups unbleached flour
¼ cup baking powder
Instructions:
Origin of recipe: Aunt Ann Amoroso—she made these as a holiday treat for all her nieces and nephews for years; Wendy has now decided to take over the job for the family!
1 cup butter
¾ cups of sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
Mix the following dry ingredients:
¾ teaspoon salt
2¼ cups unbleached flour
¼ cup baking powder
Instructions:
- Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and beat well.
- Separate the dough into 3 sections; color one with red food coloring, one with green and leave the third section neutral.
- Put dough through a cookie shape gun.
- Place on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes.
Origin of recipe: Aunt Ann Amoroso—she made these as a holiday treat for all her nieces and nephews for years; Wendy has now decided to take over the job for the family!