Preheat your oven to 375°

In a larger mixer bowl beat butter with sugar, egg, and vanilla.

Slowly mix in flour and salt.

Once the cookie dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl it's ready. Don't overmix the cookie dough.

Overmixed dough will result in a dryer, tougher cookies. You want the dough to be tender so the cookies come out soft and not dry.

Place dough in the cookie press, with the rose attachment disk.

Press cookies onto baking sheets about an inch apart.

Bake for 7-9 minutes in the middle of the oven.

remove cookies when edges or bottoms are just golden not browned.

Allow cookies to cool completely before icing them.