by Tom Hardej
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups butter
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
First set the butter out until softened, and then in a large bowl cream it together with the sugar. You can use an electric beater (or if you’re in a more utopian kitchen, with your KitchenAid mixer), but I think it’s more fun to use the backside of a fork. Mix them together until light and fluffy. Next mix in the eggs and the vanilla. Most recipes will tell you to crack-in each egg individually and mix, but put it all in at once with the vanilla. I dare you.
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