Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

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The seeds of a fresh Vanilla bean add so much flavor to these crisp sugar cookies! Should you discover that your vanilla bean has dried out, just pop it into the microwave for 10 seconds and it will soften enough so that you can scrape out the seeds. Keep the logs well wrapped in the fridge; and you can make this dough at least three days in advance of cutting and baking the cookies.

Prep time: 20 minutes

Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

By Gloria Kobrin Published: April 20, 2016

  • Yield:

  • 48

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces non-dairy margarine softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure Vanilla extract
  • 1 large fresh Vanilla bean
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Equipment

  • electric mixer paddle inserted
  • waxed paper
  • shallow pan
  • 2 large cookie sheets lined with baking parchment
  • cooling racks

Directions

  1. Place margarine and 3/4 cup of sugar in bowl of mixer. Beat on medium speed until mixture is light and fluffy.
  2. Take a sharp knife and slit Vanilla bean in half lengthwise. Scrape out the seeds with the dull side of the knife. Add seeds to mixing bowl along with vanilla extract and egg. Beat well.
  3. Add flour, baking powder and salt to mixture. Beat again until all the ingredients are well blended.
  4. Tear off two medium sheets of waxed paper. Put half the cookie dough on each sheet of paper. Shape each piece of dough into a log. Roll each log in the waxed paper until until you have a 6 x 1/2 inch log. Wrap the logs again in foil. Refrigerate logs at least four hours until dough is firm.
  5. Preheat oven to: 375°. Pour remaining 1/4 cup sugar into a shallow pan.
  6. Remove cookie dough from the fridge. Unroll one log at a time and roll it around in the sugar. Cut log into 1/4 inch slices. Lay each slice down in the sugar and place it-unsugared side down- on the lined cookie sheet. You may need a metal spatula to help you slide the cookies from the sugar to the cookie sheet. Place cookies one inch apart. Repeat process until all the dough has been sugared and sliced. Bake 10-13 minutes or until cookies have browned slightly. Remove from oven. Cool slightly before moving cookies to cooling racks. If any of the cookies bake together, cut them while they are warm with a sharp knife. Enjoy!