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      Title: Favorite Butter Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 3 Servings

           Dough:
  2 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 c  Sugar
      1 c  Butter; softened
      1    Egg
      1 ts Baking powder
      1 tb Orange juice
      1 tb Vanilla
           Frosting:
      4 c  Powdered sugar
    1/2 c  Butter; softened
      2 ts Vanilla
      4 tb Milk

  In large mixer bowl combine all cookie ingredients. Beat at low
  speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed (1 to 2 minutes).
  Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours.

  Heat oven to 400 F. On lightly floured surface roll out dough,
  1/3rd at a time to 1/4" thickness. Cut with 3" cookie cutters.
  Place 1" apart on cookie sheets. Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until
  edges arelightly browned. Cool completely.

  In a small mixer bowl combine all frosting ingredients except milk.
  Beat at low speed, gradually adding enough milk for desired
  spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies.

  For variety, divide dough into 3rds before refrigeration. Color 2/3
  of dough with desired food colorings. Before baking, colored sugars
  may be sprinkled on the cookies. The frosting can be colored and
  used as decoration.

  Recipe by Land O Lakes, 1994

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