French Butter Cookies
Everything a butter cookie should be and cute as a button. Before baking, four holes are made in these cookies so they look like big buttons. Unlike most other recipes this one uses brown sugar and a fancy edge made of turbinado sugar. They melt in your mouth.
Ingredients
Step-by-step instructions
- 1
Cream butter and brown sugar with electric mixer equipped with paddle attachment, if you have one.
- 2
Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
- 3
Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
- 4
Add flour and salt and mix on low speed until incorporated.
- 5
Roll dough into three 1 1/2" logs, wrap in plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
- 6
Preheat oven to 350° and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- 7
Roll logs in turbinado or granulated sugar, making sure to coat them evenly.
- 8
Slice logs into 1/4" thick cookies and place on cookie sheet 1" apart.
- 9
Use a skewer or toothpick to make four decorative holes in each cookie, making the cookie appear to be a button.
- 10
Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
- 11
Cool on wire rack.
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