MELT IN YOUR MOUTH BUTTER COOKIES

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This is my sister-in-law's recipe that I made for the first time this Valentine's Day, and have since made I don't know how many more batches! It's quite similar (but not identical) to some of the other butter cookie recipes on this website, but I didn't see any others that had a recipe for icing (and I just can't imagine them without)!!

Provided by CrystalB

Categories     Dessert

Time 38m

Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup margarine
2 cups icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2-2 tablespoons milk
3 drops food coloring (optional)

Steps:

  • Cream butter or margarine (and yes margarine does work beautifully! I can see some people raising their eyebrows!) with sugar.
  • Add eggs and vanilla and mix.
  • Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix well.
  • At this point you can either roll out and cut with cookie cutters or roll dough into 1 inch balls and flatten on cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 375F for 6 to 8 minutes until set, NOT brown.
  • Mix icing ingredients together and ice cookies once cooled.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1595.8, Fat 79.5, SaturatedFat 42.4, Cholesterol 234.2, Sodium 958, Carbohydrate 210.4, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 128.9, Protein 13.9

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