#2460 - Crispy Buttermilk Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup softened butter (NO substitutes)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
a pinch of salt
2 tsp. vanilla
3 TBSP buttermilk
2 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
extra white sugar for sprinkling (or colored white sugar for holidays)

In a mixer add softened butter and white sugar--beat. Add egg--beat. Add vanilla, baking soda and baking powder--beat. Add buttermilk and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. If dough is too moist, add a few sprinkles of flour--beat. Scoop up a teaspoonful of dough at a time into your greased hand, then roll it into a ball and place it on to a greased cookie sheet. Grease the bottom of a drinking glass with Pam, then lightly press on to the dough ball to flatten it slightly. Sprinkle some extra white sugar on top of each dough ball. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly before removing from cookie sheets so they don't fall apart.