Whip up some holiday magic with these delicious Vanilla Christmas Cookie Logs! They are packed with the warm and comforting flavors of vanilla, perfect for spreading Christmas cheer!
In the bowl of your stand mixer, with the paddle attachment on, mix in the egg, sugar, butter and vanilla bean paste for 15 minutes on medium high speed, until foamy.
1 egg, 3.53 oz sugar, 1.41 oz butter, 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
Gradually add half of the all-purpose flour with the baking powder, then heavy whipping cream and finally the rest of the flour. Continue to stir on low until combined.
7.05 oz all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
ASSEMBLY
Divide your dough into a few segments. Roll each section into a log (about 0.40 inch | 1 cm each in width and slice each segment at about 2 inch | 5 cm in length. NOTE: They will getting much bigger when in the oven.
Then, roll them into some sugar, so they are coated all around.
Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Bake for 7 minutes (Every oven heats differently, monitor your cookies from 6 minutes). It is ready when they don't look quite done and barely golden around the edge, the top staying soft.
Once your Vanilla Christmas Cookie Logs are out of the oven, let them cool down completely on your baking sheet. When ready, slide them onto a serving plate to share or store them in a tin metal box (They stay fresh up to 3 weeks). Bon Appétit & Happy Holidays!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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