The Neelys' Butter Cookies

Name: The Neelys' Butter Cookies
Prep time: 3 h 7 min
Cook time: 3 h 7 min
Total time: 3 h 7 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters confectioners sugar; 887 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 24 servings Decorating sugar and Royal Icing, optional; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 397 grams 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

The Neelys' Butter Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 246 calories, 2g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24. Head to the store and pick up salt, flour, decorating sugar and royal icing, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 7 minutes.

Instructions

Sift together the flour and salt into a large bowl.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Put the butter into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat on medium speed until fluffy and light, about 2 minutes.

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Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, and mix until combined. Reduce the speed to low, and slowly add the flour and salt mixture to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing on low speed until the dough comes together and is smooth. Turn the dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Cut the dough into quarters, wrap each piece in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

When you're ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 9 by 13-inch baking sheet with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

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Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it soften slightly. Using a rolling pin dusted with flour, roll out one of the dough quarters, (keeping the others refrigerated until you need them), on a lightly floured work surface to 1/4- to 1/8-inch thickness.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut the cookies into the desired shapes, and then use a metal spatula to transfer the cookies to one of the prepared baking sheets, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart.

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Baking Sheet

Spatula

Sprinkle the cookies with decorating sugar, if desired.

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Decorating Sugar

Repeat with the remaining dough.

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Dough

Bake the cookies until they are light brown around the edges and on the bottom, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool briefly on the sheets, and use a metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Wire Rack