Slice-and-Bake Cookies

Name: Slice-and-Bake Cookies
Yield: Makes about 40 cookies
Ingredients: 1/3 cup (2⅓ ounces), granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons packed, light brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks), unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 , large egg yolk; 1 1/2 cups (7½ ounces), all-purpose flour

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2008

Desserts or Baked Goods

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SERVESMakes about 40 cookies

TIME1½ hours, plus 2 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Having slice-and-bake cookie dough in the refrigerator or freezer is great, because you can bake whenever the mood strikes. But because these simple cookie recipes have so few basic ingredients, imperfections are impossible to hide. With to...

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