Butter Cookies

Ingredients

 * 1 cup soft butter (real butter only)
 * 2 tbsp vanilla
 * 3 cup flour
 * 2/3 cup sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 1/2 tbsp salt

Directions

 * 1) Cream butter until light and fluffy.
 * 2) Add sugar.
 * 3) Gradually stir in vanilla.
 * 4) Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
 * 5) Blend in flour and salt.
 * 6) .Mix well.
 * 7) Wrap dough and chill for at least 2 hours.
 * 8) Lightly flour a pastry cloth and rolling pin.
 * 9) Roll dough to about 1/8" thickness.
 * 10) Cut into desired shape.
 * 11) Place 1" apart on cookie sheets.
 * 12) Bake at 350°F.
 * 13) For 10 minutes or until lightly brown.
 * 14) Cool, frost and decorate.

Source

 * Christmas Butter Cookies from CookbookWiki—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License