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Two stacked egg yolk cookies, with top cookie bitten into

Egg Yolk Cookies

julieblanner
Egg yolk cookies prove that sometimes the simplest cookie recipes are the most delicious!
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Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Course Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 18 cookies
Calories 115 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup butter
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon, optional
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  • Combine dry ingredients (flour, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt) together in a small mixing bowl and set aside.
    Overhead view of dry ingredients for cookies in small bowl before whisking
  • In a larger mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
    Overhead view of creamed butter and sugar in glass mixing bowl
  • Add egg yolks and vanilla, and beat together until combined.
    Overhead view of egg yolks and vanilla added to creamed butter and sugar
  • Stir in flour mixture until all is incorporated.
    Overhead view of dry ingredients added to bowl of wet ingredients for cookies
  • Drop by tablespoons onto a parchment-lined or ungreased cookie sheet, leaving at least 2 inches between each cookie - these cookies will spread!
    Overhead view of cookie dough scoop in bowl of dough with flattened dough balls on parchment lined baking sheet
  • Flatten balls slightly to help them cook evenly.
  • Bake in center of oven for 10 minutes, until the edges are set but the centers are soft.

Nutrition

Calories: 115kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 1gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 89mgPotassium: 14mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 201IUCalcium: 7mgIron: 0.5mg
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