Quick & Easy Holiday Cookie Recipe

It’s Christmas Day! Merry Christmas everyone!

Maison Epperson is wreaking of cookies this time of the year!

If you’re looking for an easy and super yummy cookie recipe, here’s a no-fail method:

Soft Butter Cookies

What we love about this recipe is that it’s not overly sweet. The cookies are melt-in-your-mouth and buttery. Perfect with hot cocoa, coffee or tea!

Ingredients:

8 ounces unsalted butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 large egg yolk
2 cups all-purpose flour

Easy peasy:

Step 1: Mix the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla and beat together until smooth and creamy.

Step 2: Mix in the egg yolk until well incorporated. Add the flour and mix just until incorporated.

Step 3: Scrape onto a lightly floured board and knead a few times, just until the dough smooths out. Don’t over knead.

Step 4: Turn onto a sheet of plastic wrap and roll into a log, wrap up and refrigerate for several hours (I refrigerated the dough for 3 hours only) or freeze.

Step 5: Before baking, preheat the oven to 325°F. Line your baking sheets with parchment.

Step 6: Slice the dough into slices about 1/8″ thick and place them on the sheets about an inch apart. If you’re using a cookie press, form dough into small balls then press the cookie stamper half way till the pattern forms.

Tip: If you don’t have a cookie stamper or cutter, just form balls, flatten it and and use the bottom of a cylinder glass to make it a perfect circle.

Step 7: Bake until just beginning to turn golden around the edges, about 16-18 minutes.

Bake with your friends and family, it’s one way to bond during the holidays!