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Cream butter and sugar.
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Add eggs and vanilla.
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Mix dry ingredients and add to butter mixture.
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Mix well.
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Chill for 1 to 2 hours or see HINT below.
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Roll to desired thickness and cut into desired shapes.
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Bake on an ungreased baking sheet at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until just beginning to turn brown around the edges.
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HINT: Rolling out dough without the mess-rather than wait for the dough to chill, take freshly made dough and place a glob between two sheets of parchment paper.
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Roll it out to the desired thickness then place the dough with paper on a cookie sheet and pop it in the refrigerator.
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Continue rolling dough between paper until you have used it all.
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By the time you finish preparing the dough, the first batch will be chilled and ready to cut.
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Reroll left over dough and repeat the process.
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An added bonus is that you aren't adding any more flour to the cookies by rolling them out the old fashioned way.