Recipe courtesy of Eileen Morgner
Aunt Eileen's Christmas Butter Cookies
- Level: Easy
- Yield: about 24
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 24 servings
- Calories
- 154
- Total Fat
- 8
- Saturated Fat
- 5
- Carbohydrates
- 19
- Dietary Fiber
- 0
- Sugar
- 8
- Protein
- 2
- Cholesterol
- 27
- Sodium
- 52
- Total: 1 hr 25 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Inactive: 1 hr
- Cook: 10 min
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, using a hand beater. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just incorporated. Roll the dough into a log, on a work surface, wrap in parchment and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Put 2 cookie sheets in the refrigerator to chill as well.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and slice into 1/4-inch rounds. Arrange 2 inches apart on the chilled cookie sheets and bake until lightly golden on the edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheets and put on a cooling rack to cool before serving.