Basic Butter Cookies

Name: Basic Butter Cookies
Ingredients: Butter or margarine for greasing cookie sheets; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 18 teaspoon salt; 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature; 23 cup superfine sugar; 1 large egg; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla or almond extract; Glaze or flavored sugar (optional; see note below)

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Ingredients

Butter or margarine for greasing cookie sheets
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
18 teaspoon salt
16 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
23 cup superfine sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla or almond extract
Glaze or flavored sugar (optional; see note below)

Directions

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["Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.", "Lightly grease two cookie sheets and set aside.", "Sift the flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of wax paper and set aside.", "In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream the butter until light.", "Add the sugar and beat until fluffy.", "Beat in the egg and vanilla.", "Add the flour mixture and beat until the dough is smooth.", "The dough can be shaped in a variety of ways: dropped from a teaspoon, molded into balls or run through the thin setting of a cookie press.", "It may also be packed into a pastry bag fitted with a large or small star tip to make \"spritz cookies\"" in the shapes of rosettes or wreaths or in S-shapes.""