Cookie-Press Cookies

Name: Cookie-Press Cookies
Ingredients: 1.5 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter; 1 cup sugar; 2 large egg yolks; 3.75 cups sifted unbleached all-purpose flour; 0.25 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; Colored sanding sugars

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30 Reviews

By

Martha Stewart

Updated on July 31, 2019

Yield:

2 to 3 dozen cookies

Rich, buttery, and made with lots of vanilla, these cookies are simple to make. Use a cookie press—a hollow tube fitted with a decorative nozzle at one end and a plunger at the other—to press the cookies directly onto the baking sheet.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks
3 ¾ cups sifted unbleached all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Colored sanding sugars

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, flour, salt, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
Fill a cookie press with the dough, and turn out cookies 1 to 2 inches apart onto an unbuttered baking sheet. Sprinkle cookies with colored sanding sugars.
Bake until the cookies are lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes. To ensure even baking, rotate sheet halfway through the baking process. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool.

Bryan Gardner

Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, December/January 1999