In honor of national cookie day (yesterday/4 December), I had to make some cookies, of course! I can't believe I've never put this one up on the blog yet. It's one of my favorite Christmas cookies to make, and super easy! This is the recipe of my (late) maternal grandmother, who was a legendary cook in our family :)
Link to my YouTube video of preparation: https://youtu.be/Ujutg3gU3mk
Ingredients:
1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter
2/3 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
couple drops almond extract
3 egg yolks
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 c. (10.64oz) flour
colored sugar, for decorating
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 400°F.
2. Using an electric/stand mixer, cream together butter, sugar, vanilla, almond ext., and egg yolks until fluffy.
3. Mix in salt and flour.
4. Using a cookie press, press dough in desired shapes onto cookie sheet. These cookies don't spread much, so cookies can be as close as 1 1/2" apart.
5. Top each pressed cookie with colored sugar. Transfer to oven and bake for 5-8 min, depending on your oven and how thick you pressed the cookies (I had to go for 8 in mine).
6. Let cool on cookie sheet for around 2-3 min before transferring to cooling rack. Enjoy!
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