"Hazels65" > wrote in message
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>I used to make it with just flour, butter and sugar. Now they add
>cornstarch,
> baking powder, nuts, extracts. Which one do you favor?

My MIL's recipe, which produces cookies that absolutely melt in your mouth
was this:

1 lb butter (left at room temp for a few hours)
3 cups AP flour
1 cup cornstarch
1 cup icing sugar.

Her recipe called for sifting flour, cornstarch & icing sugar into softened
butter and mixing & kneading well.
I start with cold butter & throw everything in the Cuisinart. That produces
the same melt in your mouth cookies, less work.

Gabby