1 c  Butter, or margarine            3 1/2 c  Flour,all-purpose; sifted
     1 ts Vanilla extract                     2 ts Cream of tartar
 1 1/2 c  Sugar                             1/2 ts Salt
     3    Eggs,large                     
 Recipe by: Jo Anne Merrill After cookies are baked, frost with a thin
 powdered sugar frosting that has been tinted with food coloring.
 Sprinkle with decorator sprinkles while frosting is still moist.
 1-Cream butter and vanilla together. Add sugar slowly, creaming until
 light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
 2-In a separate bowl, stir dry ingredients together and slowly add to
 creamed mixture. Chill for 3 hours or more. 3-Roll chilled dough out
 on a well-floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes.
 Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet in preheated 375 degree oven for
 6-8 minutes. Do not overbake. This makes about 6 dozen small cookies.
 This recipe was a first place winner for 9 year-old Tamara Dixon of
 Oceanside Ca at the Del Mar fair 1993. Jo Anne Merrill
                
                 Yields       
                60 servings                
