12 Holiday Cookies

Photo by: Sarah Shatz

Secret Cookies

Save and print this recipe on FOOD52.

This recipe has truly been kept a "secret" for 30 years, but now is the time to release it. - Veronica

Makes about 80 cookies
3/4 pound salted butter, softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
Red, green or multi-colored sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and ... more 

Photo by: Sarah Shatz

Secret Cookies

Save and print this recipe on FOOD52.

This recipe has truly been kept a "secret" for 30 years, but now is the time to release it. - Veronica

Makes about 80 cookies
3/4 pound salted butter, softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
Red, green or multi-colored sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar. Add the yolks and vanilla, mixing well. Add flour and combine thoroughly.
2. Use mounded teaspoonfuls and make balls of dough with your hands. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten the dough with the bottom of a patterned glass dipped in colored sugar.
3. Bake for 10 minutes until cookies are lightly golden around the edges. Let cookies rest on the baking sheets for a minute or two. Gently transfer to baking racks to cool. less