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Basic Butter Cookie Dough

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 3 pounds dough

Ingredients

4

sticks (1 pound) unsalted butter, softened

1

1/3 cups sugar

3

/4 teaspoon salt

3

large egg yolks

2

teaspoons vanilla

4

2/3 cups all-purpose flour

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Preparation

  1. In large bowl of a standing electric mixer beat together butter, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in yolks, 1 at a time, and vanilla and beat until smooth. Beat in flour gradually, beating dough until just combined well.