Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 C butter, softened (1 stick)
1/4 C sugar
1 1/4 C Flour

Put all above mentioned ingredients in a medium size bowl. Mix with your hands until crumbly. (you can skip the next step if you want plain shortbread cookies) Then add any of the following:

a few drops of almond extract
chopped nuts (1/2 C)
coconut (1/2 C)
sugar sprinkles (2 Tb)
raisins (1/3 C)

After adding, or not adding, any flavor options (the mixture is crumbly), squeeze it together to make a ball of dough. Then pinch of little pieces and roll them to the size of a ping pong ball or golf ball. Grease a cookie sheet (or put parchment paper down) and place the balls on the cookie sheet. With a fork, press down the ball. It should make about 2 dozen cookies. Place in a pre-heated oven to 325* F and bake for 15-20 minutes. Let cool on rack.