Butter Cookies

Butter cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups of white flour 

• 1/2 teaspoon of salt

• 280g melted butter

1 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
2 egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

In a bowl, mix the flour and the salt and keep it aside. In another bowl, mix the butter and the sugar with a hand mixer. Add the egg yolks, the almond and vanilla extracts and mix a bit more. Little by little add the flour mixed with the salt. The dough will look like wet sand, but when you press it with your hands, it will become firm.

Cover a flat surface with plastic wrap and pour your dough over it. Cover it with more plastic wrap and open your cookie dough with a rolling pin until you obtain a square with about half a centimetre high. Remove the top plastic wrap and cut your cookies any way you want. I cut mine in squares and made some grooves in the top with a fork. Carefully put your cookies in a baking sheet, covered with foil or parchment paper and bake them in the oven at 190˚C/375˚F for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges become golden. Let them cool down before removing from the baking sheet because they are still very soft when out of the oven. Keep them in a cookie box or jar and serve with coffee or tea in late afternoon.