Sugar Cookie (II)

By jgroeneveld

Ingredients

• 2 c. butter
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 5 c. flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground allspice

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 180mins

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

Beat the butter, using a mixer on medium-high speed. Beat in the sugar, eggs, yolks, and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to medium-low and beat in the remaining ingredients. If tinting dough, add food coloring.
For chocolate dough, reduce flour to 4 1/2 cups and add 2/3 cup cocoa. For hand-formed cookies, transfer to an airtight container. For rolled and cut cookies, divide dough in half, form into 1-inch-thick slabs, and cover tightly with plastic wrap. For sliced cookies, use parchment paper to roll dough into logs.
Chill dough at least 2 hours. And chill formed cookies 20 minutes before baking at 350 degrees F on parchment-lined baking pans 10 to 15 minutes, depending on cookie size. For tinted-dough cookies, reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake 12 to 18 minutes.

Nutritional information is based on 1 two-inch round cookie.