At our house, Ken's favorite part of Christmas is eating my Christmas cookies.  If you have cookie lovers in your family, give these a try!  And be sure to share your favorite recipe in the comment section below.

Ken's Favorite Christmas Cookies

6 oz. unsalted butter, chilled
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cut butter into cubes and place butter, flour, cornstarch, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt in a food processor fitted with a metal blade.

Blend until the dough forms a ball.

Remove dough from the food processor, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 20 minutes.

Put the dough in a cookie press and eject cookies on an ungreased baking sheet.

At this point you can add colored sugar, sprinkles or a small piece of marachino cherry.

Bake the cookies about 15 minutes until golden brown.

If you haven't decorated the cookies before baking, at this point, after the cookies are cooled, you can decorate them with an icing pen.

The recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies, unless Ken is standing around the kitchen and then you'll be lucky to get two dozen for friends and family!

For a taste treat try replacing the vanilla with almond, lemon or orange extracts.