Italian Butter Cookie Recipe

A pretty one for the tray around the holiday. These are simple and everyone always loves them. Little wreaths with tinted sliced almonds. All I do is add some green food coloring to the water, set the sliced almonds into the colored water until they turn green blot dry with a paper towel.

Italian Butter Cookie Recipe

1 cup butter

1 egg

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

pinch of salt

2 1/2 cups flour


Beat the butter and sugar together till light and fluffy.

Add all remaining ingredients.

Roll into balls and flatten with a floured glass

Add a piece of cherry in the middle and green tinted sliced almond for the leaves.

Bake in a preheated oven of 350 until set around 8 to 10 minutes.