Iced Butter Cookies

Cookies: 

4 sticks (1 pound butter)

1 cup sugar

1 egg

4 cups flour

Mix butter and sugar.  Add egg.  Mix in flour.  Use cookie cutter to make into smallish cookies (about 1.5 inches in diameter). Cook each batch at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes (lightly brown). Let cookies cool slightly before icing

Icing:

1 stick butter

1 box powdered (confectionary) sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

   milk (as needed)

Cream butter. Add sugar and mix. Add milk as needed for spreadable consistency. Add vanilla. Ice the cookies