Betty Crocker – Petticoat Tails

Ingredients

• 1 cup soft butter (227g)
• 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar (approx. 125g Icing sugar)
• 1 tsp. flavouring (vanilla, almond, wintergreen or rose)
• 2½  cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour (approx. 275g plain flour)
• ¼ tsp. salt

Method

1. Mix together the butter, sugar and flavouring.
2. Sift together and stir in the flour and salt.
3. Mix thoroughly with hands. Press and mould into a long smooth roll about 2″ in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper, and chill until stiff (several hours or overnight).
4. With a thin, sharp knife, cut in thin slices ⅛″ to ¹⁄₁₆″ thick.
5. Place slices a little apart on ungreased baking sheet.
6. Bake until lightly browned.

Baking

• Bake in a mod. hot oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 190°C–200°C, 375°F–400°F , Gas Mark 5–6, Fan 170°C–180°C

Quantity

• About 6 doz. 2″ cookies.

Title

Betty Crocker Picture Cooky Book

Author

General Mills Company – Betty Crocker was not a real person; she was a fictional persona created in 1921 by the Washburn-Crosby Company (which later became General Mills).