Butter Mix Cookies

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Ingredients

cup butter

1/2 cup shortening

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 pkg. layer cake mix (except marble)

Preparation

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix butter, shortening, egg and vanilla. Thoroughly blend in cake mix 1/2 at a time. Can use dough in cookie press; or roll out to 1/8 inch thick and use cookie cutters; or drop with a teaspoon. Bake on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 6 to 8 minutes for rolled cookies, 8 to 10 minutes for pressed or dropped cookies.