Cookie month: danish butter cookies

Ingredients

• 3 cups butter
• 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 7 egg yolks
• 6 1/4 cups flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in the yolks one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
  In a separate bowl whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder. Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet in a few batches.
• Using a cookie press, press cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet spacing them 2 inches apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes and remove to a wire rack to cool completely.