Greek Butter Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup confectioners' sugar for rolling
Directions
step 1: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
step 2: In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Blend in the flour to form a dough. you may have to knead by hand at the end. Take about a teaspoon of dough at a time and roll into balls, logs or 'S' shapes. Place cookies 1 to 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
step 3: Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned and firm. Allow cookies to cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.
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