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Best Ever Butter cookies

Serves 36 By Land O' Lakes

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient
1 cupbutter -- softened
1 cupsugar
1egg
2 1/2cupsflour
2 Tbsp.orange juice
1 Tbsp.vanilla
1 tsp.baking powder Frosting
4 cupspowdered sugar
1/2 cupbutter -- softened
3to 4 Tbsp. milk
2 tsp.vanilla

Directions

Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and egg in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speeduntil creamy. Reduce speed to low ; add flour, orange juice, vanilla and bakingpowder. Beat until well mixed. divide dough into thirds; wrap in plastic foodwrap. Refrigerate until firm. (2 to 3 hours)Heat oven to 400°. On lightly floured surface roll out dough, one third at atime (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8 to 1/4" thickness. Cut with 3-inch cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 6 to10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool completely.In small mixer bowl combine all frosting ingredients. Beat at low speed, scrapingbowl often, until fluffy. If desired, color frosting. Frost and decorate cookiesor use pastry bag to pipe frosting. Makes 3 dozen cookies.