Butter Cookies Recipe
This cookie dough is pretty much fabulous when it's raw. In fact, go ahead and double the recipe so that you'll have plenty for dough eating and plenty for baking.
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 279kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound butter softened
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well.
- Beat in the flour and salt.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Roll out dough between 1/4 and 1/2 inch and cut into shapes. Rechill dough as needed, if it gets too soft.
- Bake on parchment lined cookie sheets for 10 minutes or until very lightly browned on the bottom.
- Keep a close eye on these, because they are not nearly as tasty when they get too brown.
Nutrition
Calories: 279kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 185mg | Potassium: 32mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 515IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1.2mg