# Butter Cookies

These crisp, delicious butter cookies have lots of amazing butter flavor and a melt-in-your-mouth consistency that will have you coming back for more.

- Total time: 72 min
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 0.5 cup granulated sugar
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- granulated or sanding sugar

## Instructions

1. Add 1 cup of room temperature unsalted butter to the bowl of your stand mixer.
2. Add 1/2 a cup of granulated sugar and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt to the butter.
3. Mix on medium speed until the mixture is nice and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
4. Separate two eggs, keeping only the yolks.
5. Add the two egg yolks and 2 teaspoons of vanilla to the fluffy butter mixture.
6. Scrape down the bowl.
7. Add 2 cups of flour to the mixture.
8. Mix until the dough is just combined or almost combined, scraping the bowl down with a spatula.
9. Transfer the dough onto plastic wrap or parchment paper.
10. Lightly flour your hands and shape the dough into a log.
11. Wrap the dough completely in plastic wrap and roll it to form a uniform log, aiming for small coin shapes.
12. Place the dough log into an empty paper towel roll that has been cut down the middle to help it hold its round shape.
13. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
14. Once chilled, if the dough is a bit oval-shaped, roll it in the plastic to reshape.
15. Grab some granulated or sanding sugar.
16. Unroll the log of dough.
17. Roll the dough log completely in the sanding sugar until covered.
18. Place the sugar-coated dough log onto a cutting board.
19. Slice the dough into coins, aiming for about 1/2 an inch thick, ensuring uniform size.
20. If any cookies have cracks, gently mush them back together.
21. Place the sliced cookies onto a baking sheet, about 1.5 to 2 inches apart.
22. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 10 to 12 minutes, until they start to take on some golden color.
23. Remove from the oven and enjoy.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- plastic wrap
- parchment paper
- empty paper towel roll
- refrigerator
- freezer
- cutting board
- baking sheet

## Tips

- You can make the dough 1 to 2 days in advance and store it in the fridge.
- The dough can be frozen for up to 2 months if well wrapped in its cardboard tube.
- Use sanding sugar for a more sparkly and crunchy finish.
- Ensure cookies are uniformly sized for even baking.
- If the center cracks when slicing, gently mush them back together.
- Butter cookies last 3 to 5 days at room temperature, 2 weeks in the fridge, or 2 months if frozen.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18GbD5jDYH/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/83b46630-2636-4817-b38e-947ba3a4f576
- Extracted: 2026-03-30

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