Butter cookies. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the sugar mixture.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt. In a medium bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light. It had to be buttery, a little crumbly (like shortbread), and not too sweet. You can have Butter cookies using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Butter cookies

You need 1/2 cup of Butter.
You need 1/4 cup of Powdered sugar.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Flour (maida).
You need 1/4 tsp of Vanilla essence.
You need 4 of Slivered almonds.
It's as required of Choco chips.

I think these are the Worlds Best Butter Cookie, courtesy of Chef Alice Medrich. I made the ice box version because it's so quick. Used colored sugar to make them pretty. I really need to find an easy to use cookie press because I'd love to make the spritz version.

Butter cookies instructions

Beat the butter and sugar till the become homogenous.Add vanilla essence and mix well. Add in the flour and mix again..
Knead the mixture with hands and make a dough..
Take the dough and roll it on a butter paper or a foil. Cut shapes with round cookie cutter..
Take the dough and make small balls as eyes and stick them firmly on the cookies. Make nose with slivered almonds. Make zigzag impressions with a knife on the sides as wings. Insert choco chips into the small roundels to give impression of eye..
Cook in a preheated oven for 10 minutes at 280 degrees. Let cool. Your butter cookies are ready. Serve with tea or coffee or milk..

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