Susan and Gracie's Amazing Butter Cookies

My nephews were going to be in the Midwest for their spring break and I wanted to make some treats for them while they were going to be around. Since I had the whole sugar cookie thing down, I wanted to see how different butter cookies were as far as taste and texture.

I also really wanted to make something from Amy Sedaris' I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence which also happened to have a butter cookie recipe as well. I had a couple of other recipes to choose from, but this one seemed the easiest.

What I Used
1 1/3 cup unsalted butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
8 tsp milk
4 cups wheat flour
3 tsp baking powder

1. Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate overnight.



2. When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

3. Roll out the dough and use cookie cutters to make your shapes.

4. Place on a cookie sheet (I used parchment paper too) and bake for 6-8 minutes.

5. After cookies were cooled, I refrigerated them. Frosting them took place as a group activity at my mom's house. My sister was pretty stoked about decorating them, especially because she just saw an episode of Martha Stewart where they were decorating sugar cookies.



Something to note: cookies remained soft without frosting on them, unlike sugar cookies.