INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted or stirred before measuring
- dash salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- blanched almond halves
DIRECTIONS:
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture; mixing until well blended. Shape dough into small balls.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets; press an almond half into the top of each ball. Bake butter cookies at 300° for 20 minutes, or until just lightly browned. Makes 5 to 6 dozen butter cookies.
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