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Ingredients
| salted butter: 3 cups |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 4 1/2 cups |
| vanilla extract: 1 Tbl |
| baking soda: 1 Tbl |
| salt: 3/4 tsp |
| cream of tartar: 1 Tbl |
| eggs: 3 (large) |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 7 1/2 cups |
Butter Cookies - Three Cookies in One Dough
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Prep Time
120 min -
Cook Time
8 min -
Servings
6 serving(s)
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- Mix eggs, butter, and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients and stir well.
- For Cutouts: CHILL WELL.
- Roll out for cookie cutters.
- For Jam Centers: Place dough on wax paper.
- Roll into a tube form with the wax paper surrounding it well.
- Place in refrigerator and CHILL WELL.
- When chilled, cut off slices of the tubed dough to make a round cookie.
- You can press a spot in the center for the jam to be placed, or just put a nut there for another alternative.
- For Snow Balls: Before chilling, add 1 1/2 cups walnuts.
- CHILL WELL.
- When chilled, make small 1 inch balls out of dough and roll them in Confectioner's sugar.
- Bake all three types at 400°F for 8-10 minutes.
- The cookies should brown slightly.