Polish Butter Cookies

Servings: 72 Difficulty: Advanced
Eastern European-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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This Eastern European dessert features Unsalted Butter — At Room. It delivers smooth, comforting richness. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

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Polish Butter Cookies

Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 72 Calories: 430.2

Description

This Eastern European dessert features Unsalted Butter -- At Room. It delivers smooth, comforting richness. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Temperature 1/2 c (Scant) 2 lg Hard-Cooked Egg Yolks -- Pressed Thru' Sieve 1 lg Egg Yolk -- Lightly Beaten 1 ts Almond Extract 1 ts Vanilla Extract 2 c All-Purpose Flour -- Unbleached Sugar 1.
  2. Using an electric mixer,
  3. cream together the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
  4. Beat in the cooked and raw egg yolks and both extracts.
  5. Using a wooden spoon, gradually incorporate the flour to make a smooth, somewhat stiff dough.
  6. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours.
  7. Preheat the oven to 350 F (177&# 194;°C).
  8. Roll out the dough 2/3 inch thick on a lightly floured surface.
  9. (The cookies are supposed to be plump.)
  10. Cut into shapes with small 1 to 1 1/2-inch cookie cutters - hearts and stars work nicely.
  11. Gather up the scraps, reroll, and cut out more cookies.
  12. Place 1/2 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  13. Bake cookies until they just begin to take on the slightest tinge of color, about 10 mins.
  14. Cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container up to 1 week.
  15. Makes about 6 dozen small cookies

Nutrition Facts

Servings 72


Amount Per Serving
Calories 430.2kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 48.6g75%
Saturated Fat 30.6g153%
Cholesterol 129.0mg43%
Sodium 1.2mg1%
Total Carbohydrate 0.1g1%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g0%
Sugars 0.1g
Protein 0.5g1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, butter, cookies, dessert, eastern european, holiday, polish, room, title, unsalted, vegetarian
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