Rhoda & Scott Crosby
scott@scottschoice.com
www.scottschoice.com
For a certain little boy, a nice big cookie sheet full of still-warm butter cookies was one of life’s best delights! At any age – as a teenager, as a young man, or even on the far side of fifty years old – the arrival of a package of his mother’s butter cookies brought with it an anticipation that any little boy of any age would understand.
His loving wife certainly understood; and when his mother willingly passed along the recipe, she tried her hand.
The recipe is easy enough; just five ingredients. Combine the first four ingredients, then hand-mix in the flour, let sit for ten minutes, and use a cookie press to force the dough onto a clean, ungreased cookie sheet.
Except – it took all her strength to push the dough through the cookie press.
A quick phone-call to Mom – and her response cleared up the problem: “Oh, I always add extra butter.”
Problem solved, and a certain little boy – now almost 70 – is still thrilled whenever another sheet full of those wonderful butter cookies is pulled from the oven.
To make butter cookies, you will need a cookie press, and, of course, a cookie sheet or two. The cookie press will come with a number of template disks. Using a variety of disks will be appreciated, but some will work, and some will not.
Don’t worry: the recipe shown here includes the “extra” butter – and a little extra vanilla extract, as well.
Ingredients:
1 cup + 2 tablespoons of melted butter;
2/3 cup of sugar;
3 egg yolks;
1 1/4 teaspoons of vanilla extract;
2 1/2 cups of flour.
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees;
Mix the melted butter, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla extract together.
Mix flour into the mixture with your hands.
Let sit for about 10 minutes.
Load dough into a cookie press.
Press cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake until set or slightly brown – approximately 5 to 6 minutes.
Be warned: children of all ages will make these butter cookies disappear faster than you could have imagined possible. ♣
