Vanilla Bean Crinkles

On the same evening I made the Hot Cocoa Cookies (previous post), I also made these, as some people in the household are more in favor of vanilla cookies than chocolate (not me lol!)  Plus I just love making lots of cookies to share at Christmas time (and pretty much any other time I can find an excuse to do so hehe).  These are really good, too--I rate them 8 out of 10.  Enjoy!

**Note: I only made a half batch of these, but the ingredient amounts listed are for full batch.  Also, pardon the lack of pictures--forgot to get all the steps!**

Link to original recipe: https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/vanilla-bean-sugar-cookie-crinkles/40369864-5058-422c-8d59-6935087b9689

Ingredients:

3 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. unsalted butter, softened
seeds from 2 vanilla beans (split lengthwise, scraped out)
2 eggs
1 c. powdered sugar, in a small, separate bowl

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 325°F.  In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or use a hand-held mixer with large bowl), beat sugar, butter, and vanilla bean seeds on medium speed until fluffy.

3. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until smooth.

4. Using low speed, beat in flour mixture gradually until well blended.

5.  Cover dough and let stand for 10 minutes at room temperature.

6. Shape the dough into 1 1/4 in" balls.  Place 3 or 4 balls in the small bowl with the powdered sugar and roll in the sugar until coated all over.

7. Place cookie balls on ungreased cookie sheet, 2" apart (I lined mine with parchment for ease of cleanup).

8. Bake 12-14 min, or until edges are light brown.  Upon removing from oven, let cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to cooking rack.

9. If desired, sprinkle with additional powdered sugar (I did not) and enjoy!