Ronnie Alff, of Traverse City, says, "Almost 40 years ago I got this cookie recipe from the school secretary where I taught. She got it from her mother in San Antonio, Texas. It's my basic butter cookie for all occasions."
Butter Cookies
1 lb. butter or margarine
1 c. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
4 c. flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix ingredients, in above order, in large bowl. Drop by full teaspoons on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten with the bottom of a glass, dipped in flour, to about 1/4 inch. Bake for 10 minutes or until edges are slightly brown.
These are not very sweet cookies, Alff says. She likes to frost them with a frosting made of confectioners' sugar, a little soft butter, a few drops of milk and flavoring and whatever food coloring is appropriate to the season.
If you are packing gift baskets, Alff says, these cookies make good fillers.
Please send recipes, along with your name, mailing address, phone number and some details on you, where you got the recipe and the reactions it gets, to: Recipe of the Week, Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; fax (231) 946-8632; or e-mail jtaylor@record-eagle.com.
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