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Vanilla Sugar Sprinkle Cookies

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour sifted or aerated

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 sticks (226 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup sugar

1 large egg

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Instructions

In a medium bowl, combine together flour and salt and mix.

In a separate bowl, using electric mixer, beat softened butter and granulated sugar until light in color and fluffy. Add an egg and vanilla – continue beating for a couple minutes. Turn off the electric mixer, add flour-salt mixture and then continue beating on low speed until well-combined but without over mixing.

Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll these cookie balls in sprinkles. Arrange on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Freeze until firm, for about 30 minutes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 14 minutes. Do not over-bake. Remove from the oven, and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.