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Butter Cookies for Uncle George

Source of Recipe

An OLD Pillsbury booklet (not the bake-off type)


Recipe Introduction

I made these for the first time at my Uncle George/Aunt Jo's house in Alameda. They always remind me of him. RIP, Uncle George, love you always

List of Ingredients

1 cup butter (no substitute)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons best quality vanilla extract
2 2/3 cups all purpose flour



Recipe

Cream butter and sugar well. Add egg, salt and vanilla, beat well. Gradually add flour.

Crop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet (or Silpat - 2010 note). Flatten slightly with glass which has been greased and dipped in sugar.

Bake at 375 for 7-10 minutes.

These can be made into refrigerator cookies. Add your "add ins" (coconut, choc chips, whatever). Roll into log. Refrigerate or freeze. Slice into 1/8 inch slices and bake as above.

Coconut cookies are good with 1/4 cup coconut in the dough, and then roll the log in additional coconut OR finely chopped nuts.