Confectioner'S Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter (I use 1/2 butter and 1/2 margarine-the dough doesn't melt as fast)
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Preparation

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Beat until light. Add egg and vanilla.
Beat until fluffy.
Add dry ingredients. Stir just until mixed.
Refrigerate. Roll, cut and bake for 6 minutes at 350\u00b0 on ungreased cookie sheet.
Cool, frost and decorate.
Variations: Spread unbaked shapes with egg white and decorate with sprinkles-then bake. Add 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans here in Texas). Roll in 1\" balls.
Bake, cool and toss in a paper lunch sack with confectioner's sugar to coat. Roll dough in 1\" balls.
Bake, cool and toss in paper bag with sugar/cinnamon mixture to coat. Add 1 cup of candied fruits to dough.
Roll in 1\" balls. Bake and cool.
Divide dough in half.
Color dough and use dough as basis of pinwheel cookies or checkerboard cookies.