Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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     1/2  cup           sweet butter
     1/2  cup           sugar
   1      teaspoon      vanilla
   2                    egg whites
     3/4  cup           flour -- sifted

Preparation:

Cream the butter with sugar. Add vanilla and egg whites, and beat well. Add flour, and mix it in well. Put dough into cookie press and press thru wide round opening to make pencil-shaped cookies. Place them, far apart, on a cold, buttered cookie sheet. Bake in preheated 400F. oven for 7 to 8 minutes Watch carefully to prevent their burning.