butter cookies

we had a lil fried food feast at my place. we made buffalo wings, potato chips and quesadillas. afterward i baked up some butter cookies. we were supposed to eat them with chocolate frozen yogurt i made but the frozen yogurt needs to stay frozen just a bit more. i still have enough dough for one more batch so maybe we'll have that for dessert tomorrow. butter cookies and raw milk will have to do and i'm not complaining mmmmm

Cookie Ingredients:

1 cup Butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 Egg

2 tablespoons orange juice

1 tablespoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and egg in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add orange juice and vanilla; mix well. Reduce speed to low; add flour and baking powder. Beat until well mixed.

Divide dough into thirds. Wrap each in plastic food wrap; flatten slightly. Refrigerate until firm (2 to 3 hours).

Heat oven to 400°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, one-third at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 3-inch cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets; sprinkle with decorator sugar. Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. yield 3 dozen