Super Soft Cut-out Cookies
from www.thecookiecouture.com
Preparation time: 15 minutes, plus 1 hour cooling | Cook time: 10-31 minutes | Serves: 2 ½ dozen |
Ingredients
- 10 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 8 oz cake flour
- 6 tbsp confectioners sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Zest from 1 orange
- Zest from 1 lime
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °F
In a small bowl mix the egg yolk, vanilla extract and the citrus zest.
Cream together the butter and the sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed for 4-5 minutes, until the mix is lighter in color and fluffy. Then add the egg yolk mix little at the time until well mixed and the dough start to form a ball. Gather the dough into a ball,roll out the dough over a well floured mat using a rolling pin to a ¼ in thickness, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Cut out the cookies with your favorite cookie cutters.
Bake cookies at 350 ºF for 10-13 min until the edge of the cookies start to turn gold and you can pick u the cookie from the baking tray. Let them cool after baking.
Variation
- You can substitute vanilla extract with almond extract.
This recipe has became my new favorite cookie recipe and I am pretty sure it will became your family favorite as well.
You can print the recipe here Super Soft Cut-Out Cookies
or watch the recipe video tutorial on Youtube
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