Vanilla Wafers

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• pinch of salt
• 2 cups sifted flour

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and stir. Add dry ingredients. Drop from tip of spoon onto greased cookie sheet. Place them about 3” apart. Bake in moderate oven 350 degrees F. 12 to 15 minutes.

Variations:

1. Place marachino cherry, chopped or whole nuts or gumdrops in the center before baking.
2. Sprinkle colored granulated sugar or commercial confetti on cookie before baking.
3. Add icing to cookie. 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, ¼ tsp. salt, ½ tsp. vanilla, lemon, or peppermint, and liquid (¾ to 1 tbsp. water or, 1 to 1½ tbsp. cream). Tint with few drops of food coloring. Spread on cookie with spatula.