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Best Butter Cookies Recipe

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Best Butter Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients

DESCRIPTION

With this convenient recipe, you get four different kinds of cookies from just one batch of dough. The cutouts, peppermint balls, spicy fruit balls and chocolate slices are enough to fill up a Christmas treat tray.



INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Sprinkles, jimmies or colored sugar, optional
  • 1/4 cup crushed peppermint candies
  • 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • Red colored sugar, optional
  • 1/2 cup dried currants
  • 1/2 cup chopped mixed candied fruit
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground Tone's® Ground CinnamonXA Taste of Fall Add aromatic Autumn flavor to both sweet and savory dishes with Tone's® Ground Cinnamon. Get Recipes >
  • Confectioners' sugar, optional
  • 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS

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NUTRITION

Calories00%
Cholesterol00%
Carbohydrates00%
Fat00%
Protein00%

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