Butter Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks/460 grams) butter
• 1/2 cup (100 grams) sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/3 cups (292 grams) all-purpose flour
• Spices
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/4 tsp allspice

Instructions

• Cream butter. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg and vanilla extract.
• Gradually blend in flour and spices.
• Fill cookie press with 1/3 of dough at a time; press shapes on a chilled cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top of these, the best way to do it was just grabbing a pinch and (evenly) sprinkling on the top of the cookies.
  • Cinnamon sugar is a 1:4 ratio. 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup cinnamon
• Refreeze the prepared tray, shake off the extra cinnamon sugar, thaw out for 10 minutes or so before baking
• Bake at 350° for 12 minutes

Makes about 80 cookies