Polish Butter Cookies (Ciasteczka)
Serves: 5
Ellsworth Rath
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
46
Spice
60
Sweetness
58
Sourness
34
mins
Prep time (avg)
3.7
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
Sift together flour and salt
2
Beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy
3
Beat in yolks and vanilla until combined well
4
Mix in flour mixture at low speed just until blended
5
Form dough into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 hour
6
Preheat oven to 350°F
7
Keeping remaining dough chilled, roll out one fourth of dough slightly less than 1/4 inch thick on floured pastry cloth with sleeve-covered rolling pin (dough is soft)
8
Cut out desired shapes with a 21/2- to 3-inch floured cookie cutter
9
Chill scraps
10
Arrange cookies 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet
11
Sift together flour and salt
12
Beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy
13
Beat in yolks and vanilla until combined well
14
Mix in flour mixture at low speed just until blended
15
Form dough into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 hour
16
Preheat oven to 350°F
17
Keeping remaining dough chilled, roll out one fourth of dough slightly less than 1/4 inch thick on floured pastry cloth with sleeve-covered rolling pin (dough is soft)
18
Cut out desired shapes with a 21/2- to 3-inch floured cookie cutter
19
Chill scraps
20
Arrange cookies 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet
21
Glaze and decorate cookies: Stir together sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl
22
Lightly beat together egg and milk in another bowl
23
Lightly brush tops of cookies with egg mixture and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar
24
Bake cookies in middle of oven until pale golden, about 12 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool
25
Make more cookies in same manner, rerolling scraps no more than twice
26
Stir together sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl
27
Lightly beat together egg and milk in another bowl
28
Lightly brush tops of cookies with egg mixture and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar
29
Bake cookies in middle of oven until pale golden, about 12 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool
30
Make more cookies in same manner, rerolling scraps no more than twice