Last night I attempted to mimic my Yaya's butter cookies using this recipe from allrecipes.com:

Recipe yield: 4 dozen
Prep Time: 10 Min ~ Cook Time: 10 Min ~ Ready In: 20 Min

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar for rolling

Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Blend in the flour to form a dough. you may have to knead by hand at the end. Take about a teaspoon of dough at a time and roll into balls, logs or 'S' shapes. Place cookies 1 to 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned and firm. Allow cookies to cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.

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I skipped the almond extract and just gave it a full teaspoon of vanilla. Other than that though, I followed the bouncing ball. I was probably rolling mine a bit large as I didn't get four dozen out of the deal. They weren't my Yaya's cookies. Hers have a bit more butter and some sort of glaze (where as these are dry with powdered sugar). But everyone really enjoyed them, so it worked out anyway. My mom thinks she has Yaya's recipe around somewhere so I'll get to try these again soon.

Labels: icecream