Name: Buttery Drop Cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Butter Flavor Crisco; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon milk; 1 egg; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Buttery Drop Cookies

The basic Buttery Drop Cookies are an example of easy butter cookie recipes that are also completely delicious. These little morsels are the most versatile cookies you can make because drop sugar cookie recipes are so easy to personalize.

Notes

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

There are several variations that can be used with these cookies such as frosting them as wreaths or ornaments for the holiday season, using a chocolate frosting between two cookies for a sandwich, or dipping 1/2 of the cookie into chocolate frosting then into nuts.

NOTE: For larger cookies, drop 2 level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough into a mound for each cookie. Place 3 inches apart on baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees F for 11 to 13 minutes, or until set. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to cooling rack.

Ingredients

1/2 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Grease baking sheet with Butter Flavor Crisco.
Combine Butter Flavor Crisco, sugar and milk in medium bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
Beat in egg and vanilla until blended.
Combine flour, salt and baking powder. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed until just blended.
Drop level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto baking sheet.
Bake 7 to 9 minutes, or until set. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet.
Remove to cooling rack.