The Best Butter Tart Cookies

Instructions

Line baking tray with parchment paper or use silicone baking mat.

Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar until smooth.

Add egg yolks and vanilla extract. Mix for about 1 minute.

Add flour,salt and stir until blended.

Divide dough into 2 portions, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.

Butter Tarts Filling

Mix all ingredients in stand mixer until light and fluffy. Set aside.

Now, lets go back to our cookies.

Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness.

Cut using 2 1/4 inch cookie cutter. Cut 10 cookies or as many as you can from your first dough.

Now, use your second portion of dough and roll to 1/4 inch thickness.

Use same round cookie cutter and cut out rounds.

Now use the smaller cookie cutter (about 2 inches) and cut out the centers of the each cookie.

(it looks like donut shaped cookie).

If you don't have smaller cookie cutter, use smaller glass.

Stack the donut shaped cookie (the ones with the holes) on top of other cookies (from first portion of dough).

Do your best to make them look unified.

Return to freezer for about 30 minutes.

This is important, so I will repeat again:

Only for second portion of the dough you will cut out the center of each cookie.

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Remove baking tray from freezer, and spoon 1 tsp of butter tart filling into the center of each cookie.

Add chopped walnuts, pecans or raisins. (OPTIONAL STEP)

Bake for 10 minutes and 30 seconds.

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