A-B-Cookies

We had a few hours yesterday with nothing to do and gray weather outside so we hauled out the cookie making supplies and made alphabet cookies. While Kumi busily changed Pippi's diaper about a million times, I made the dough and popped it in the freezer. Then I lured Kumi with the cookie cutters and rolling pin and the rest can be seen in pictures...

Here's the recipe (I modified a very basic one that came with the cookie cutters)

6 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
11/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Mix softened butter and sugar in a bowl.
2. Add the egg and vanilla to bowl and mix.
3. In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt
4. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time. Blend until smooth.
5. Pat the dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap or waxed paper. Put dough in freezer for about 15 minutes or until firm to the touch.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Place wax paper on cookie sheet.
7. Roll out dough on a floured surface until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Use cookie cutters.
8. Place cookies on cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. These puff up quite a bit, so leave a couple of inches between each cookie.

These are very buttery and addictive, a little like short bread cookies. I ate the entire alphabet by myself last night!!