Recipe: Perfect Crisp Butter Cookies

Crisp Butter Cookies.

You can have Crisp Butter Cookies using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Crisp Butter Cookies

1. It's 1/2 cup of Butter.
2. You need 1 cup of Sugar.
3. It's 5 of Egg yolks.
4. It's 2 cup of All-purpose flour.
5. It's 1 of as needed Colored Sugar.

Crisp Butter Cookies step by step

1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Blend in egg yolks. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Dough will be very stiff..
2. On a well-floured surface or pastry cloth, roll out dough to a 1/8 in. thickness. Using a pastry wheel or knife, cut into 2 1/2 in. squares, diamonds, or rectangles. Place 1/2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugars..
3. Bake at 375* for 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned..