Cookie Stamp Shortbread

A dough of butter, sugar and flour is formed into balls and placed on a cookie sheet, then pressed with a cookie stamp to make a design before baking.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 1/2 cups flour

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. (This is important, as the dough can flake off when stamping if not creamed well.) Add flour gradually, one cup at a time. Mix this until well blended, but do not over mix. Roll into one-inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Stamp with a warm cookie stamp. Bake at 325F for 15 to 20 minutes.

Number of Servings: about 3 dozen