Drop Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups chilled butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 4 cups flour

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time. Sift together salt, soda and flour. Add to butter mixture. Chill dough before baking.

Bake at 375 8-10 minutes, watching closely.

Variation: Divide dough in thirds.
1 - plain sugar cookies
2 - add grated orange rind
3 - add 1 square melted unsweetened chocolate