Recipe:Djina Frye's Sugar Butter Cookies

• Works for large cookie-cutter recipes.
• Makes 14 8" cookies

1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour (type?)

Extra flour for cutting.
Decorations

Cream butter, add sugar and cream well. Add eggs, beat well. mix in dry ingredients. Roll to desired thickness (usually 1/8"). Flour surface, use cookie cutters, transfer to ungreased baking sheet. Decorate.

Bake 375 for 8-10 minutes or until very lightly browned.