Off-to-Bed Butter Cookies
Delicate, buttery cookies made with all-purpose flour and turbinado sugar for a delightful crunch. These simple yet elegant cookies are perfect for an evening treat.
Ingredients
- •1½ cups all-purpose flour
- •¼ teaspoon salt
- •¾ cup unsalted butter
- •⅜ cup granulated sugar
- •2 teaspoons heavy cream
- •3 tablespoons turbinado sugar
- •1 sheet parchment paper
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Stir together flour and salt in a bowl.
2 min
- 2.
Beat together butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed in a large bowl until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing, and continue to mix until batter just comes together in clumps. Gather clumps to form a dough, then press dough with lightly floured hands into a smooth 1 1/4-inch-thick log on a very lightly floured work surface. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour.
70 min
- 3.
Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
10 min
- 4.
Cut chilled log crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices and arrange slices about 1/2 inch apart on baking sheets. Brush tops of cookies lightly with cream, then sprinkle generously with turbinado sugar.
10 min
- 5.
Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until edges are pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes total. Cool on sheets on racks.
15 min
