Russian Tea Cakes (No Nuts) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla (I use almond extract) or 1 teaspoon almond extract (I use almond extract)
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 cup colored sugar crystals (I use red and green)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla or almond extract throughly. Mix in flour and salt.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls and dip the tops in the colored sugar crystals. Place on greased baking sheet. (Cookies don't spread.) Bake 10 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool.