From Austinite LaDonna Dobson, who recalls this easy-to-make recipe was passed down in her family from the 1800s:
Makes: 24 servings
Ingredients
· 1 cup salted butter, softened
· 1 ⅓ cups sugar
· 1 large egg
· 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
· 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
· ½ teaspoon baking powder
· ½ teaspoon baking soda
· ½ teaspoon salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two large baking sheets. Mix the butter, egg, sugar, egg and vanilla in one bowl until fluffy. In another bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Then mix the two bowls together. Scoop the dough into rounded, roll in sugar and place on the baking sheets two inches apart. Bake for 11-13 minutes until slightly crackly on top, but softer around the edges.