Crisp Butter Cookies

Name: Crisp Butter Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 5 large egg yolks, room temperature; 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/8 teaspoon salt; Colored sugar

You'll be out of the kitchen quick when you bake these cookies. The would be great to take to a holiday party.—Tammy Mackie, Seward, Nebraska

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
5 large egg yolks, room temperature
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
Colored sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine flour and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture, mixing well (dough will be very stiff).
On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. With a sharp knife or pastry wheel, cut dough into 2-1/2-in. squares, rectangles or diamonds. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake at 375° until lightly browned, 7-8 minutes. (Watch carefully as cookies will brown quickly.) Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in airtight containers.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie (calculated without colored sugar): 77 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 27mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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Originally published as Crisp Butter Cookies in Country Woman November/December 1992

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DDPLoeches

Oct 29, 2015

How do you get 4 dozen cookies and72 servings?
andrea JENKINS

Mar 18, 2014

my all time favorite
blstranger

Nov 16, 2011

I think vanilla was left out of the recipe....
txchicinwa

Dec 11, 2010

If I could give this recipe no stars I would. As the two other reviewers said, it's very bland. No amount of colored sugar could improve that.
MSBscRn

Nov 27, 2010

Needed flavoring. No taste. Too crumbly not crispy.
downundercanadian

Dec 30, 2009

Very bland. No taste at all even with the sprinkles!

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