Large Roll-Out Cookie

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• 20⅞ g unsalted butter (room temperature)

• stand mixer with whisk

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, cream butter until fluffy and pale.

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• 10¼ g sugar

Add the granulated sugar in 3 additions, beating on low speed for 2 minutes after each addition.

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• ⅛ egg
• ⅛ tsp vanilla extract

Beat the egg and vanilla into the butter mixture until well blended.

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• 17½ g flour
• ⅛ g salt

• parchment paper

Sift the flour and salt together onto a sheet of waxed paper. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix on low speed os stir with a wooden spoon just until blended.

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• plastic wrap

Scrape the dough out onto a work surface and divide into 4 equal portions. Shape into disks, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or for up to overnight.

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• parchment paper

Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or line them with parchment paper.

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• parchment paper
• rolling pin

Remove the dough disks from the refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes. Working with 1 disk at a time, roll out between 2 sheets of waxed paper to a thickness of 4 mm.

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Using cookie cutters, cut into shape. Repeat with the remaining dough portions. If the dough becomes sticky refrigerate for 10 minutes before rerolling. For best results, do not roll same dough more than twice.

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Refrigerate the cutout cookies for 15 minutes before transferring into prepared pans. Bake the cookies until they are lightly golden on the bottom, about 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on a wire wrack before decorating.