Description
These dense butter cookies are perfect for a festive occasion with a sparkly sugar topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1¼ cups unsalted butter (room temperature, 10 oz)
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2½ cups flour (divided)
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp whole milk
- ¼ cup sanding sugar or additional granulated sugar (optional topping)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Combine 1 cup sugar, ½ tsp salt, and 1¼ cups (10 oz) of room temperature butter in a mixing bowl and cream with a hand mixer on medium-low speed.
- In a separate bowl, beat 3 egg yolks and 1 tsp vanilla extract together.
- Add the vanilla egg mixture to the creamed sugar and butter and mix until combined.
- Add 2½ cups of flour (¼ cup at a time) to the wet mixture until a sticky, thick dough forms.
- Then, add ¼ cup of milk and mix on medium-low speed until combined.
- Add milk, a teaspoon at a time, until your dough mixture is the consistency of Play-Doh. (I used 2 tbsp of additional milk total.)
- Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper and test your cookie dough consistency by adding ¼ cup of dough to your piping bag. If it’s still too thick to pipe, put the dough back in the bowl and add another teaspoon of milk, mix, and try again.
- Chill the piped/shaped cookies for 5-10 minutes in the refrigerator before baking to ensure they hold their shape.
- Bake the chilled cookies for 15 minutes or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden.
- While your cookies are fresh out of the oven, sprinkle ¼ cup sanding sugar or additional granulated sugar on top to give it a sparkly, festive look and added texture.
Notes
- This is a dense cookie, so I don’t recommend underbaking or going for the soft center you’d want with a chewy cookie.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 30mg