Vanilla Dreams

• cups sugar↗1 1⁄4
• cup unsalted butter↗1
• teaspoon salt↗1
• teaspoons vanilla↗2
• cups flour↗2
• teaspoon baking ammonia↗1⁄4
• cup coarse crystallized sugar↗1⁄4

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease two baking sheets.

2. 2

   Beat together the sugar, butter, salt and vanilla.

3. 3

   Add the flour and baker's ammonia and beat for up to 5 minutes, until the dough comes together. It will seem quite dry at first, but keep beating, eventually it will clump up and become cohesive.

4. 4

   Break off pieces of dough about the size of a large gumball. Roll them into balls, then roll them in coarse sugar.

5. 5

   Put them on the prepared baking sheets, and use the bottom of a glass to flatten them to about 1/4" thick.

6. 6

   Bake the cookies for 25 to 30 minutes, until they are a very light golden brown around the edges.

7. 7

   Remove them from oven and transfer to a rack to cool.