This recipe comes from Great American Home Baking. They are great little cookies to make but keep an eye on them because they'll burn easily.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups s all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup (1½ sticks) margarine, softened
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla or almond extract

Garnish:

• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar or vanilla sugar

Preheat oven to 350°F.

beat together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour until smooth.

On a floured surface, using a floured rolling pin, roll dough to a ½-inch thickness. Using a 1 inch round cookie cutter, cut out cookies. Gather trimmings, re-roll, and cut out more cookies.

Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until set and golden, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

Makes 2 dozen cookies.