Pikkuleipienperustaikina (Finnish Butter Cookie Dough) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 -2 teaspoon water, if needed

Preparation

This will yield 2 cups of dough. If you are using it as a starter base, it will depend on the recipe as to how many cookies it will make. Using it by itself, it should yield about 7.5 dozen.
Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
Do not refrigerate cookie dough.
Fill a cookie press with dough as manufacturer directs.
Select plate and fit onto press.
Press dough onto an ungreased baking sheet. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or only until cookies are firm and lightly browned around edges. Do not overbake. Cool on a rack.