Creamy Christmas Butter Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces unsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• colored sanding sugar (red, green or color of choice)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. grease 2 cookie sheets.
• 2 in a large bowl of an electric mixer at medium speed, mix butter, sugar and vanilla just until blended.
• 3 add the egg and mix well.
• 4 in a separate bowl, mix together the flour, soda, cream of tartar, and salt. add to the butter mixture and mix at low speed until well combined.
• 5 shape the dough into 3/4-inch balls. arrange the balls 2-inches apart on the cookie sheets. flatten each ball with a fork as you would a peanut butter cookie. do this one time. to prevent the fork from sticking to the cookie dough;, dip it occasionally in confectioners' sugar. sprinkle tops of the cookies with colored sanding sugar.
• 6 bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly colored around the edges. let cookies cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.