Busters Recipes

Button Cookies

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup powered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and the almond extract. Sift together flour and salt. Add to the butter mixture and mix well. Divide in half and chill one hour. Roll out half the cookie dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 2 inch round cookie cutter. Place cookies on greased cookie sheet. Make indentation in the center of each cookie with the top of a small 1 1/2 inch diameter drinking glass. Make four holes in the center of each cookie with a drinking straw. Bake at 350 F. for 7 to 9 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Repeat with remaining dough. Yield: about 3 1/4 dozen