Recipe - Fast And Fancy Butter Cookies

One half cup Softened butter
One half cup Sugar
1 lg Egg
2 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder

In large bowl with mixer at med speed, beat butter & sugar until light &
fluffy; beat egg in well. At low speed beat in flour & baking powder until
well blended. Flatten dough to disk shape; refrigerate, wraped in plastic
wrap, 1 hour until firm. Heat oven to 375. Work with half dough at a time;
keep remainder refrigerated. Mold or press into shapes; or roll out to 1/8"
or 1/4" thick between two sheets of wax paper or plastic wrap & cut into
desired shapes. Place shapes on ungreased cookie sheets, spacing about 1"
apart. Bake 815 minutes depending on thickness of dough, until firm to
touch & edges are lightly browned. Cool on racks. Store in airtight
containers. Submitted By THESERVS@GATE.NET (THOMAS E. HAUG) On THU, 09 NOV
1995 172248 0500

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