Crazy Butter Cookies

Leading to confusion in families, arranging fierce battles for the last piece and giving indescribable pleasure ... That's right. Even now, remembering the enchanting taste of these cookies, I choke on saliva. They are so delicious. So, if you do decide to cook them, do not say later that I did not warn you. You will not notice how one cookie will remain from a whole baking sheet, for which the whole family will fight.

Ingredients

• 190 g butter at room temperature;
• 125 g sugar;
• 10 g vanilla sugar;
• a pinch of salt;
• 3 egg yolks;
• 250 g flour;
• for lubrication -1 yolk;
• for sprinkling (optional) almonds, chopped or in petals

Directions

1. Beat butter mercilessly with sugar for 5-7 minutes until fluffy. Enter 3 yolks one at a time, each time waiting for complete friendship and understanding. Sift flour cheerfully and mix with salt. Change the dough hooks to your mixer friend (or use a spatula and hands) and add flour. Wait for a homogeneous state, form a ball out of the dough, wrap it up with a film and send it to the refrigerator for an hour, rest and prepare for a happy rebirth in the form of cookies.
2. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a 5mm thick slab. Eccentrically cut the cookies with your favorite cookie cutter (I'm a fan of hearts, for example). Transfer them gently to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
3. Carefully grease the cookies with a brush (by the way, I have both a culinary silicone and a regular painting one. I like the second one more) with yolk and sprinkle with nuts (optional). Bake for 10-15 minutes until wonderful golden brown. Let cool completely and enjoy!