Buttered Cookies

—Arlyn Shinnig (as made by senior sitizens from Central Oahu Senior Day Care Center)

• 1 lb. butter
• 4 to 5 cups flour
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla or lemon juice (optional)

Cream butter and sugar. Add flour a little at a time. Roll batter into balls; place on cookie sheet 1/2 inch apart. Wet bottom of glass and dip in sugar. Press down on batter balls. Bake at 450º for 10 to 12 minutes.