Danish Butter Cookies
Perfect for holiday tins, Grandma Joyce gave Alice the recipe for these rich and buttery cookies. Now her friends and family always request her to bring them to the party.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cup flour
- sanding sugar, to roll
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy in large bowl – stand/hand mixer.
- Mix in yolk, baking powder, salt, vanilla until smooth.
- Then add flour until dough forms.
- Divide dough in half – roll each into a log (about 6-7 inches long, about 1 ½ inches in diameter).
- Sprinkle sanding sugar on a flat surface, roll each log carefully.
- Wrap each log in plastic wrap, store upright in fridge at least 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 350℉. After refrigeration, slice to desired thickness (I prefer ¼ inch).
- Place on parchment paper or baking sheets on cookie sheet.
- Bake ~10 minutes, or until edges are golden brown (Grandma Joyce said 16-18 minutes, but my oven was way different and 10 was good for me).
- Cool, eat up to 5 days, freeze 3 months.
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