Prep Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Yield: 2 to 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 10 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Egg wash:
- 1 egg white
- 2 teaspoons water
Preparation:
In
a medium bowl mix the flour and baking powder and set aside. In large
mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add the
egg and vanilla extract and mix in the dry ingredients until a smooth
dough forms.
Form the dough into a disk shape or 2-inch diameter log. Wrap the
dough in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 350F.
Prepare the egg wash by beating together the egg white and 2 teaspoons
of water.
Roll out the disk of dough to ¼-inch thickness, and cut out the
sables using a 2-inch fluted cookie cutter. If using a log of cookie
dough, slice it crosswise into ¼-inch thick coins. Brush the sables with
the egg wash, and bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 15
minutes, or until they are lightly browned around the edges. Cool the
sables for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and then transfer to a wire
rack to cool completely.
This vanilla sables recipe makes 2 to 3 dozen cookies.