Greek Butter Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 3/4 cup butter, softened (margine or oleo can be substituted)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 add the egg and vanilla and continue beating until well combined.
• 3 stir in the flour and baking powder just till blended.
• 4 wrap and chill dough for 1 hour.
• 5 preheat oven to 350°.
• 6 cut dough into 3 equal parts.
• 7 turn one part at a time onto a floured work surface and roll back and forth across the surface with your hands until you have a long roll.
• 8 i usually roll until it's the length of my cookie sheet.
• 9 your roll should be long and skinny.
• 10 roll onto an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten slightly then score at 1/2-inch intervals, being careful not to cut all the way through.
• 11 repeat with other 2 parts.
• 12 bake 10-12 minutes.
• 13 let cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet before removing to wire racks, before slicing.
• 14 sprinkle generously with powdered sugar, making sure to sugar all sides.
• 15 allow to cool before storing in airtight container.