Title: Chanukah butter cookies
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      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      1 c  Butter or margarine; (2
           -sticks)
      2 c  Flour
      1 ts Vanilla
    2/3 c  Sugar; separated into two
           -1/3 portions
      1 tb Blue food coloring
 
  Tear two sheets of waxed paper or plastic wrap into 1 foot long
  pieces. Mix 1/3 cup sugar and food coloring together and sprinkle
  half onto each strip of paper. Set aside.
  
  Bring butter to room temperature. Mix by hand the butter, flour,
  vanilla and 1/3 cup sugar until it is well mixed together and forms a
  soft ball of dough. Divide in half. Roll each half into a log 2" in
  diameter. Smooth the sides to form an evenly formed log, flattening
  the edges slightly to make it a rectangle if that is easier. Roll in
  the colored sugar until all sides are coated. Wrap in the paper.
  Repeat with the remaining dough. Refrigerate at least an hour, up to
  a day, or freeze for later baking.
  
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Slice the logs into 1/8" slices and
  place gently on a lightly greased cookie sheet. If any sugar remains
  in the paper, sprinkle on top of the cookie dough. Bake 10-12 minutes
  until the cookies are a light brown. Let cool a few minutes, then
  carefully transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
  
  Makes 5 dozen cookies.