Basic Cookie Dough
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




1 1/4 cups butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, separated
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1 Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and egg yolks thoroughly (reserve egg whites for Thumbprint cookies). 2 Mix in remaining ingredients. 3 Shape into ball; divide into 4 parts. Use one part of each variation below. 4 Wrap remaining parts until read to use.

About


Dough can be refrigerated.