Bakery-Style Butter Cookies

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Total Time
60 minutes
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Ingredients

36 cookie sandwiches
  • Cookies
  • 1 cup (8 ounces or 225 grams) unsalted butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup (135 grams) granulated sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour
  • To finish
  • 1/2 cup (160 grams) jam of your choice
  • 1 cup sprinkles, chopped nuts, or finely shredded dried coconut
  • 10-to-12-ounce (285-to-340-gram) bag semisweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
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Chef’s notes

For more of that Italian-American bakery flavor, you can add 1/4 teaspoon almond extract and a little bit of lemon zest to the dough.
You can use this same dough to make round star cookies, piping them accordingly. In bakeries, these are often baked with sprinkles on top or sold with a candied cherry pressed into the center; they’re less often dipped or filled.
Do ahead:
These keep at room temperature in an airtight container for a week.
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