Butter Cookies
Soft Butter Cookies are a classic holiday treat that are so easy to make! We hope you enjoy this delicious, buttery, old fashioned recipe.
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter softened
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 large Egg Yolks
- 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- 2 cup Flour
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips
- 1 tsp Vegetable Shortening Crisco
- 1 tbsp Christmas colored Nonpareils
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Butter 2 cookie sheets and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in egg yolks and vanilla until incorporated.
- Gradually add flour and salt and mix until blended.
- Transfer to a pastry bag with a star tip.
- Pipe onto prepared sheet. Leave at least 1" between cookies.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the edges are just barely brown.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- In a small bowl combine chocolate chips and Crisco.
- Melt by microwaving for 30 seconds and stirring, until melted and smooth.
- Dip cookie half way in chocolate and set on sheet.
- Sprinkle with nonpareils.
Nutrition
Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 81mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 258IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg