Rosemary Butter Cookies Recipes

LEMON & ROSEMARY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon zest. In a large bowl, beat butter and remaining sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, rosemary and remaining lemon zest. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape dough into 1-1/4-in. balls; roll in sugar mixture. Place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten to 1/4-in. thickness with bottom of a glass. Sprinkle tops of cookies with remaining sugar mixture. Bake 12-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool., Freeze option: Freeze shaped balls of dough on baking sheets until firm. Transfer to resealable plastic freezer bags; return to freezer. Prepare and bake cookies as directed.

ROSEMARY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Use a mixer to cream butter and sugar. Mix in extract and egg combine well.
• 2. Add in the flour, rosemary, lemon and salt. The mixture will be very dense.
• 3. Divide dough into two balls and roll into logs. Wrap with plastic wrap and freeze. Preheat the oven to 375F. Roll the logs in sugar, cut into 1/4" slices. Place on a silpat mat or parchment paper.
• 4. Bake 15 minutes or until edges are just lightly gold. They will continue to firm up after you remove them from the oven.

ROSEMARY SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, rosemary and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well., Shape into two 8-1/4-in. rolls; wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate overnight. Cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake at 350° for 11-13 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

LEMON ROSEMARY COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, the rosemary and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.
• Divide dough in half. Shape each half into 9-inch roll, 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter. Wrap and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon zest. Roll dough in sugar mixture to coat. Cut rolls into 1/4-inch slices. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

ROSEMARY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together flour, salt, and baking powder.
• In another bowl, cream butter and sugar with a hand mixer.
• Add in egg, and beat until well combined.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients, beating until just combined into a dough (do not overmix).
• Add chopped rosemary and beat for 20 seconds, until mixed inches
• Roll dough into a log (or two), wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. The dough can be frozen at this point.
• Preheat the oven to 400.
• Slice dough into rounds 1/4 inch thick.
• Lightly grease a baking sheet and place cookies 1 inch apart.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the cookies are very lightly browned.
• Cool cookies on a cookie rack. They taste best when cooled completely.

CHEF JOHN'S ROSEMARY SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place cold butter, sugar, rosemary, salt, and vanilla extract in bowl. Combine with the back of a spatula or spoon, slowly incorporating ingredients together until butter has softened somewhat and ingredients come together.
• Pour flour into bowl with butter mixture. Flour your hands to then incorporate flour into the butter, using fingertips and rubbing mixture together until flour-y crumbs become buttery crumbs, 1 to 2 minutes. Press mixture together into a dough ball.
• Transfer dough to lightly floured work surface. Press dough into a disk, then into a 1/2-inch thick rectangle. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap. Flatten dough to 1/4-inch thick using a flat pan or rolling pin. Reshape into a rectangle.
• Cut dough lengthwise into 5 even strips about 1 inch wide, trimming extra dough if necessary. Cut each strip into 6 evenly sized squares. (You can roll out scraps to form more cookies if necessary). Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle each cookie with about a pinch of sugar. Using a fork, poke 4 rows of holes into each cookie.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 50 minutes.
• Cool cookies 10 minutes on sheet; transfer cookies to rack to cool completely.

ROSEMARY BROWN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Brown the butter my melting in a light-bottomed saucepan (so you can see when the butter turns brown), stirring frequently, until the butter browns and develops a nutty aroma. Set aside to cool.
• Sift the flour, salt, and baking soda together.
• In a mixing bowl, mix the brown butter and brown sugar together.
• Add the rosemary, egg, and molasses.
• Add the flour mixture.
• Drop 1 tablespoon of dough onto baking sheets (I use a small 1T cookie scoop).
• Bake for 7-8 minutes, until the edges begin to brown.