Butter Cookies
Classic buttery cookies made with brown sugar and vanilla, with an optional addition of chopped walnuts. These slice-and-bake cookies are frozen before baking for the perfect texture.
Ingredients
- •1½ sticks butter
- •1½ cups flour
- •¾ teaspoon baking soda
- •1 cup light brown sugar
- •1 whole egg
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •⅛ teaspoon salt
- •½ cup chopped walnuts
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
In a medium-sized bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat egg, sugar, and vanilla; then add butter to egg and sugar mixture and beat until light and fluffy. Add to dry ingredients and mix until blended. At this point you may also add 1/2 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts.
15 min
- 2.
Divide cookie dough into two parts and roll in wax paper. Freeze overnight, or at least 4 hours. With a serrated knife, carefully cut frozen dough into slices about 1/4 inch thick. Bake on cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.
12 min
