Ingredients
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- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine flour and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Heat butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, constantly stirring (for about 5 minutes) until it turns light brown.
- Pour browned butter immediately into a large mixing bowl to stop the browning process and cool for about 15 minutes.
- Add sugar to the butter and cream together.
- Stir one egg at a time into the creamed mix, then stir in the vanilla bean paste.
- Add flour and salt mixing on low until the ingredients are incorporated well, do not over mix.
- Flour the work surface well and turn out half of the dough, kneading a little, then shaping into a thick round disk.
- Take a rolling pin and coat with flour, then roll the disk until it is 1/4 inch thick.
- Use floured cookie cutters to cut out cookies and place them on lined cookie sheets.
- Repeat with the other half of the dough.
- Bake for 12 minutes or just before the edges start to brown.
- Remove from oven and place cookies on a cooling rack.
- Decorate or serve as is.
Notes
- Do not overbake; this ensures a tender cookie.
- Add sprinkles to the cookie dough before rolling out for fun color and taste.
- Decorate plain cookie dough shapes with sprinkles and colored sugar before baking.
- Let cookies cool after baking, then ice and decorate with sprinkles on top.
- Top the cut-out cookie dough before baking with different candies for a sweet change.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Sweets
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
