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 cook Butter cookies using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Butter cookies

Prepare 400 g of margarine.
Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
It's 4 cups of flour.
You need Half of teaspn baking pwdr.
It's 2 of egg yolks.
You need of I teaspn cinnamon pwdr.
Prepare 1 of teaspn vanilla extract.

I think these are the Worlds Best Butter Cookie, courtesy of Chef Alice Medrich. There's no leavening, so the texture is closer to a shortbread cookie. The dough is like my spritz cookies, but with a little milk to make it pipe-able. Make sure it's properly softened to room temperature before beginning.

Butter cookies instructions

Mix margarine and sugar until pluffy..
Add egg yolk nd beat for 5mins.
Add vanilla extract and cinnamon pwdr..
Mix in the baking pwdr into flour nd add gradually into batter until it forms a thick dough..
Refrigerate ur dough in the fridge for 30mins.
Use ur cookie press for these wonderful shapes..

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. I love to bake cookies and these are just rocking butter cookies. You cannot go wrong with this cookie batter recipe.