Recipe - Vanilla-Butter Sugar Cookies

1 One half cup Sugar
1 One half cup Butter; softened (no
; substitutes)
2 Eggs
2 tablespoon Vanilla extract
4 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Cream of tartar

FROSTING
1 One half cup Confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoon Butter; softened
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Milk Food coloring; optional
Colored sugar

In a mixing bowl, combine sugar and butter; beat until creamy. Add eggs and
vanilla; beat well. Stir together dry ingredients.' gradually add to
creamed mixture until completely blended. Chill for 30 minutes. On a
lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/4in. thickness. Cut with
holiday cutters dipped in flour. Using a floured spatula, transfer cookies
to ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 for 1012 minutes. Cool on wire
racks. For frosting, combine sugar, butter, vanilla and milk; beat until
creamy. Thin with additional milk to desired spreading consistency if
necessary. Add a few drops of food coloring if desired. Spread frosting
over cookies and decorate with colored sugar. Yield: 7 dozen (21/2in.
cookies).

Busted by Sara Horton 5/29/98

Recipe by: Taste of Home, Cindy Ettel, Hutchinson, Minnesota

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