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Aunt Lisl's Butter Cookies




Source of Recipe


Source: The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen


List of Ingredients




1/2 lb unsalted butter, or margarine, softened (2 sticks)
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp brandy, optional
dash salt
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg yolk, optional
chopped nuts, and raisins, optional
1 egg white, optional
coarse sugar, colored with blue food coloring, optional

Equipment You Will Need:

measuring cup

measuring spoons

mixing bowl

wooden spoon

cookie cutters or toothpicks

rolling pin

greased baking sheet

pastry brush

metal spatula

cooling rack




Recipe



2. In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Then mix in the eggs, brandy, salt, vanilla, and flour. Let rest for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

3. Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Preheat oven to 350°F.

4. You can either use cookie cutters or use the point of a toothpick like a knife to cut out cookies in any shapes you want. Let your imagination run free: how about dreidels, Stars of David, candles with flames attached, the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel? Once you have cut out the cookies, gently place them on the baking sheet. Then either brush them with egg yolk and sprinkle with nuts and raisins, or brush with egg white and sprinkle with blue sugar.

5. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Use a metal spatula to gently remove each cookie from the baking sheet to a cooling rack or flat plate. Makes about 48 cookies