Butter Cookies I

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup butter
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• melt butter over low heat. remove from heat and add 2 cups of the flour and the sugar. beat in the eggs one at a time until well blended. slowly mix in the remaining 2 cups of flour.
• roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of 1/4 of an inch. cut cookies using cookie cutters and place 1 1/2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
• bake in preheated oven until cookies are light brown at the edges, 12 to 15 minutes (depending on their size).