MUTTI'S BUTTER COOKIES

Recipe courtesy of Pam's Midwest Kitchen Korner

Ingredients:

2½ sticks (1¼cups) butter, softened

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon salt

3 cups flour, divided

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Method:

Combine butter, sugar, eggs and salt in small bowl; stir with wooden spoon until smooth, about 1 minute.

Combine 2¼ cups of the flour and cinnamon in a medium bowl; add to butter mixture, 1 cup at a time, stirring to make a soft, sticky dough.

Sprinkle remaining ¾ cup of the flour on counter; place dough on the flour.

Knead, incorporating more flour just until dough is no longer sticky.

Wrap dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.

Heat oven to 350°.

Remove dough from refrigerator; cut off a 2” piece.

Re-wrap remaining dough; return to refrigerator.

Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to ⅛” thick.

Cut shapes with cookie cutters.

Transfer cookies to parchment-lined baking sheets; bake until edges turn golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes per batch.

Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.

Repeat with remaining chilled dough.

Makes 100 cookies.

Enjoy!