grandma elsies meltaway cookies w flavor variations

Ingredients grandma elsies meltaway cookies w flavor variations

2 1/2 cup margarine
1 cup powdered sugar
4 tsp vanilla extract
4 cup flour
1 additional powdered sugar (optional)

preheat oven to 350

cream margarine sugar and vanilla.

stir in flour 1 cup at a time.

place in a tablespoon sized ball onto ungreased cookie sheet.

bake about 15 min or until bottoms are golden.

cool on wire rack.

add a sprinkling of powdered sugar to the tops of cookies when cool if u like.

store in airtight container.

VARIATION:

FOR MINT MELTAWAYS... add mint extract instead of vanilla and 30 drops of green dye.. make as normal.

FOR STRAWBERRY MELTAWAYS: use strawberry extract instead of vanilla and add 30 drop red food color.. make as usual.

FOR BANANA: use banana extract and yellow food color..

SEE WHERE I'M GOING HERE?

this makes about 40-50 cookies!

feel free to combine. flavors into one cookie.. split the batch and take a pinch of each flavor and swirl them together in any pattern before baking.

enjoy! :)