5 c. flour
1 1/3 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
4 lg. eggs
2 c. or 1 lb. butter (or mix 1/2 butter and 1/2 butter)
1 tsp. vanilla (can mix vanilla and lemon flavoring)
1 tsp. baking powder

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Use ungreased cookie sheets. Measure flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Mix butter and sugar until creamy (I use Mixmaster). Add slightly beaten eggs and vanilla to mixture. Add in flour mixture.

Put in large pastry bag and press out cookies. Decorate rosettes with candied red cherries or chocolate chip morsels. Press slightly in center. Long ones can be decorated after they're baked and cooled. I often melt chocolate chips with a little oil (1/2 cup chips, 1/2 tablespoon of vegetable oil) in microwave. Then I dip ends of wafers in chocolate and then in sprinkles. You can also sandwich them with chocolate and drizzle on top with running chocolate. You can do a lot of them.

Bake the cookies until lightly browned, about 10 minutes, depending on oven, kind of trays used, size of cookie, position of rack in oven, etc.

This recipe can be halved. It can also be doubled. You can put mixture through a cookie press, also.