Grandma Law's Butter Cookies

Yummy!

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 2 Dozen

Ingredients

• 2  cups butter
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 4  teaspoons vanilla
• 6  cups flour, sifted
• 1  teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1. Cream butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla well with a wooden spoon.
2. Add flour, baking powder and salt together - add flour mix gradually to creamed mixture - 1/3 at a time. Mix well with wooden spoon until forms together then continue to mix with your hands towards the end form into a big ball and the texture is smooth - divide into 3 pieces easier to handle. No flour needed, just roll dough into a ball like a tea cookie then place on surface and roll with your fingers into a long shape and fold over like a pretzel or make a favorite shape.
3. *If you use a cookie press chill dough.