Cookies

French Buttercream Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) butter (not margarine), softened

1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Decorating sugar

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Combine butter and both sugars in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add egg and vanilla, and beat until well mixed. Reduce speed to low and add flour, cream of tartar and baking soda. Beat until dough forms a ball. Chill 1 hour.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Using bottom of glass, flatten to a circle about 1 1/2 inches across. You can dip the bottom of the glass or the tines of a fork in sugar and press onto the cookie or shake on the sugar.

Bake 7 to 9 minutes, until edges are lightly browned. Let cool on cookie sheet 1 minute before removing to cooling rack. Makes 6 dozen.

Per cookie: 46 calories (52 percent from fat), 2.7 g fat (1.6 g saturated, 0.7 g monounsaturated), 9.3 mg cholesterol, 0.5g protein, 5.1 g carbohydrates, 0.1 g fiber, 32 mg sodium.