A very yummy recipe today … an easy & charming southern cookie recipe … Buttons & Bowties! I love the recipe on so many levels.
First, I think it’s pretty easy to see that this was a popular one in our family from the huge stain across the card. A little hard to read, but well worth the efforts!
Second, the buttons. I’ve seen several variations of button cookies – very cute, very easy to do and they make for a great presentation for a special homemade gift. The cutest probably being for baby showers, with the buttons threaded together & sweetly packaged in a little box. 
And lastly, the bowties! Certainly my favorite – sort of reminds me of seersucker suits, southern weddings & summertime. I am quite certain a bowtie-exclusive post will follow very soon!
And remember – be sure to roll the cookies in the sugar when they’re good & hot. Delish!
Thanks to Mom for deciphering the recipe below …
Buttons & Bows
____ Preheat oven: 400˚ Bake
____ Mix the following in a medium bowl to make a soft dough:
2 cups Bisquick® Original baking mix
1/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 egg
____ Sprinkle (LIGHTLY!) counter with flour
____ Put dough on surface, and knead quickly and lightly (if you knead for too long, the dough will turn hard)
____ Roll dough with rolling pin until it is ½” thick
____ Cut dough with biscuit cutter or shape as you want (be creative! Roll out the letters for your initials, make shapes, tie into
pretzel knots, make buttons and bows, etc!)
____ Place shapes on cookie sheet
____ Bake 8-10 minutes or until the tops are light brown
While you’re shapes are baking:
____ Clean up what you can
____ Melt 1/4 cup butter in saucepan over LOW HEAT
____ Put 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl
____ Take cookie sheet with baked shapes out of oven (use oven mits!), and remove with a spatula—place on drying rack
____ While they are warm, dip in melted butter, then dip/roll in sugar
____ Clean up kitchen while they cool/dry
