Butter Cookies That Bob Loves
- 3-1/2 cups Bread Flour
- 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder (rounded)
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 3 sticks Butter, Softened
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 teaspoons Almond Extract
- 1 whole Egg, Lightly Beaten
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Sift together bread flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Beat together butter, sugar, and extracts with an electric mixer at moderately high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and beat well. Add flour mixture and mix at low speed until just combined. Remove the beater and "squish" it into a collected ball with your hands.
- At this point, I use my cookie press to form the cookies, but you can also roll the dough into a log, chill it, then cut it in slices. Or you can just make small cookie balls and flatten them out slightly before baking.
- Either way, put the cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until the edges are golden. If you want to "eat 'em like Bob eats 'em," then you'll need to cook them an extra 5 to 8 minutes until they are a dark golden brown all over.
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Makes about 3 dozen cookies, unless you eat too much of the dough.
bread flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, vanilla, almond extract, egg
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/butter-cookies-that-bob-loves/ (may not work)