Cultured Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups 250 grams all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon 3 grams baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 cup 2 sticks salted, cultured butter, at room temperature
- ⅔ cup 130 grams granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- ¼ cup coarse sanding sugar for rolling
Instructions
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and granulated sugar until lightened in color and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Beat in egg yolk until combined. With mixer running on low, add flour mixture until incorporated.
- Divide dough half. On a clean surface, roll each halfinto a 1 ½ inch log.
- Sprinkle the coarse sanding sugar over a sheet of parchment. Roll each log in the sugar until the outside of the dough is thoroughly covered.
- Cover logs tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour, or overnight.
- When you are ready to bake the cookies, heat oven to 325°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment. Use large, sharp knife to cut each log into ¼ inch-thick rounds. Place cookies 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake until cookie edges and bottoms are deep golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.
Notes
Trader Joe's has Cultured Butter!