Chicago
Public School Butter Cookie
Recipe
(As sold in the Mather
cafeteria for 6¢
upon a greasy sheet of waxed
paper)
Preheat Oven
to 350◦
Makes 36 large
cookies
1 lb. unsalted butter
1 ½ cups sugar + extra for
topping
3 ½ cups flour
2 tsps. Vanilla
Cream butter, add sugar, beat,
add flour little at a time
Add vanilla (batter will be very
thick)
Make 9 big balls of cookie dough
per ungreased cookie sheet
Place extra sugar on plate for
topping. Press palm of hand on
plate of sugar and then press
down to flatten each ball of
dough with fingers spread to
form ridges.
Each cookie should be flattened
to approximately 3 inches wide
and ¼ inch thick.
Bake 15 minutes or until lightly
browned in preheated 350◦
oven.
Don’t over bake.
Enjoy!!!!!
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Special thanks to Randee Korer
for the butter cookie
photographs.
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