Buttermilk Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter (no substitutes)
1 cup sugar, granulated
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
1⁄2 tsp. soda, baking
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
Frosting for Buttermilk Cookies
Tbsp. butter (no substitutes), softened
/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/1 cup walnuts, finely chopped (optional)

Instructions:

In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggand vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to thecreamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and mix well. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to cooJ. Combine butter, sugar, milk and vanilla in mixing bowl; beat until smooth. Frost cookies; sprinkle with walnuts (orother nuts orsprinkles) if desired.

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