Butter Cookies (the Best You Ever Had)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb sweet butter (no substitutes)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon cold tap water

Recipe

• 1 you must use sweet butter,and do not substitute with salted butter or margarine.
• 2 allow butter to sit out and soften by itself.
• 3 do not melt on the stove or in the microwave.
• 4 place the softened butter into a bowl.
• 5 add all of the ingredients, including the tablespoon of cold tap water, to the bowl containing the butter.
• 6 with a large wooden spoon, hand mix all of the mixture.
• 7 do not use a dough machine nor a food processor, as the dough will not come out the same and the cookies will not taste the same.
• 8 when your wrist begins to ache from mixing the dough, do not add water.
• 9 to mix it properly, your wrist and fingers will get tired.
• 10 this recipe is not easy for a person with arthritis.
• 11 you will need to use a mirro cookie press (no other brand).
• 12 when the dough is thoroughly mixed, fill the mirro cookie press and twist until the dough goes onto the ungreased cookie sheet.
• 13 when the dough comes out of the cookie press onto the cookie sheet, slightly back twist and lift the cookie press.
• 14 after making several of one shape, change the shape to make several different shapes.
• 15 after the cookie sheet or sheets are filled, decorate the cookies with different kinds of jimmies and cookie decorations.
• 16 bake in pre-heated 410 degree oven, checking frequently to make certain that the cookies do not begin to brown!
• 17 you may open the oven door to check on the cookies as often as you desire.
• 18 the second they begin to get the slightest bit golden, remove from oven, and with a spatula or butter knife, remove from the cookie sheet and place onto plates to cool.
• 19 you may stack them onto the plates, as they will not stick together.
• 20 just wipe the cookie sheet with paper towel, and you may use the same sheet, over and over for more cookies.
• 21 enjoy the best butter cookies you have ever had!