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Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter (unsalted*)
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
Step 1
Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until mixture resembles wet sand. Beat in eggs, one at a time, followed by vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, or working by hand, blend in flour mixture until no streaks of flour remain. Transfer dough, which will be very sticky, to a large piece of wax paper and roll it up into a log.
Freeze for at least 1-2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cut dough into slices no more than 1/4-inch thick and place on prepared baking sheet, leaving plenty of room for the cookies to spread.
Bake for about 10 minutes, until cookies just begin to turn golden around the edges.
Cool for a minute on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cookies should be cooled completely before eating (otherwise they might stick to your teeth) and can be stored in an airtight container.
*Note: I always use unsalted butter in recipes, but since this one calls for quite a bit of salt, I’d take extra care to use unsalted here. If you only have salted butter, you might want to reduce the salt the recipe calls for slightly.