Butter Cookies

3 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups butter. Gradually add
1 cup sugar, creaming well
2 eggs and
2 tablespoons vanilla

Sift together flour and salt. Cream butter. Gradually add sugar, creaming
well Blend in eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add the dry ingredients
gradually and mix thoroughly. Press through a cookie press onto
ungreased baking sheets. Use the star plate forcing about 3 inches of
dough into an enclosed circle.(use a circular motion). Put half of a
candied cherry on top or 1/4 teaspoon of apricot jam and sprinkle with
chopped walnuts. Using other plates from the cookie press make other
shapes, for example the bar shape to make a long finger shaped cookie and
dip the ends in melted chocolate and chopped nuts. You can also put two
cookies together filled with melted chocolate. Bake; in a moderate oven
(375F) 10 to 12 min. until delicately browned.

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