Ava O’Keefe, our senior staff writer, shares her family’s cookie recipe. This O’Keefe family recipe is a delicious butter cookie. It has been in the family for at least three generations and is a lovely treat to make around the holidays.

Ingredients:

2 ¼ cup flour
¾ C sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup of butter
1 egg
2 tsp baking powder

Directions:
Add each ingredient and mix until combined.
Place the dough in parchment paper and chill in the fridge for an hour.
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Punch out cookies using a cookie press
Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes.

Enjoy!