Vanilla Sables
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 6:51am

Ingredients




2 stks unsalted butter softened
cup sugar
1 pch salt
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation

1 With an electric mixer beat together butter, sugar and salt until very light, about 5 minutes on medium speed. Beat in yolk and vanilla. Remove from mixer, sift in flour and stir to blend. 2 Divide dough in half and shape into two 8-inch long cylinders, forming them in sheets of parchment paper. Chill until firm. 3 Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Slice cylinders of dough 1/4-inch thick and arrange on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake 15 to 20 minutes. 4 This recipe yields 64 cookies. 5 Variation: Add 1 1/2 cups chopped slivered nuts to dough before shaping logs. 6 Yield: 64 cookies