Sand Dollar Cookie recipe
Check out this simple Sand Dollar Cookie recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 C unsalted butter, softened
- 2 C powdered sugar
- 2 eggs whole
- 2 eggs separated, yolks in one bowl and whites in another
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 pinches of kosher salt
- 3 ½ C all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- cinnamon sugar, this gets sprinkled on top
- sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and powdered sugar; mix until very creamy.
- Add the 2 whole eggs and 2 yolks only, reserve the whites for later from the egg separation above. Beat until well combined.
- Add vanilla and salt, blend well.
- Add flour and baking powder, stir until the dough is very soft.
- Form a ball with the dough, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll out dough to ¼" thick on a floured surface and cut out 2 ⅝” circles.
- Brush the circles with the reserved egg whites.
- Sprinkle each circle lightly with cinnamon sugar and press 5 almond slices into the center of each circle to make a sand dollar.
- Bake at 350° F for 3 minutes.
- After 3 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and press the almonds in again, making slight indentations in the circle.
- Add more cinnamon at this point too, if need be, to adjust the overall coloring of the final cookie.
- Place the baking sheet back in the oven and bake until the edges are golden brown, another 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let them rest on a baking sheet for 3 minutes.
- Transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.