Butter Cookies

Soft & chewy, easy to cut, shape, and decorate.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter or margarine (at room temperature)

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 egg

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

Honey Tips

Honey Is One of the Oldest Foods

Honey is one of the oldest foods in existence. It was found in the tomb of King Tut and was still edible since honey never spoils.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl beat butter, sugar, honey and vanilla with an electric mixer, until well-blended. Beat in egg, flour and salt. Form dough into a ball, wrap in plastic and chill at least 3 hours or until firm enough to roll out. To cut out and bake cookies, roll half of the dough, on a lightly-floured surface, ¼-inch thick. (Make sure dough is cold while you are working with it.) Cut into desired shapes and place one-inch apart on baking sheets. Decorate with sprinkles, sugar, nuts, etc. Bake approximately 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool on wire racks. Store in airtight containers. Makes a little over 2 dozen 2 ½ inch cookies.Chocolate Chip Drop Cookies: Make Butter Cookies recipe but use light brown sugar and add 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 2 Tablespoons milk, 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. Drop heaping teaspoonsful onto baking sheets. Bake at 350°, 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen.