We are featuring some favorite recipes from members of our Board of Directors and Associate Board! Today we are sharing a recipe for Lunch Room Butter Cookies from Sheila O’Callaghan!
Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter
- 2½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat Oven to 350
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. (use a stand mixer if you have one)
- Beat together vanilla and egg
- Beat wet ingredients into dry ingredients until ball of dough is formed.
- Turn dough out onto a board and knead until smooth.
- Dough can be formed a few different ways:
SUPER EASY ROLL AND SLICE:
- form dough into 3 pieces and roll into logs about 8” long
- wrap in plastic and chill until firm or put in freezer for later
- remove chilled logs, place on a board and cut into disks about ¼” thick
- place on a parchment lined baking sheet about ½ inch apart
- bake in 350 F oven for 10-12 minutes until lightly brown, turn cookie sheets half way through baking time
- remove from oven and cool on a rack
- makes about 60 cookies
- Store in airtight container
THUMB PRINT:
- Form dough into balls about the size of a walnut
- Space dough balls onto a parchment lined baking sheet
- Use your thumb to make a dent in each cookie
- Fill the dent with jam, or nuts or chocolate, …
- Bake at 350 F 12-15 minutes until light brown
- Rotate pans halfway through the cooking time
- Remove cookies from oven and cool on a rack
- Makes about 50 cookies
- Store in airtight container
LUNCH ROOM BUTTER COOKIES:
- Use a tablespoon to scoop out dough and roll in your hands to form into a ball
- Place the balls of dough on a parchment lined baking sheet leaving room for the cookie to spread
- Use your fingers to flatten each ball of dough, letting ridges form on the top of each cookie
- Bake at 350F 12-15 minutes until cookies are starting to brown
- Rotate pans half way through the baking time
- Remove cookies from oven and cool on a rack
- Makes about 36 cookies
- Store in airtight container
Cook’s Notes
- These are BUTTER COOKIES. Don’t make them if you don’t want to use butter
- Enjoy