Name: Off-to-Bed Butter Cookies
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 1/2 hr
Yield: Makes about 4 dozen
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened; 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons heavy cream; 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar such as Sugar in the Raw; parchment paper

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Off-to-Bed Butter CookiesRichard Jung

Crumbly, delicate, and glistening with golden sugar, these easy slice-and-bake cookies are the ideal complement to Calvados toddies. Perfect as an after-dinner nibble or an everyday treat, they will quickly become one of your favorite standbys.

Cooks' notes:

·Dough log can be chilled, wrapped well in plastic wrap, up to 3 days or frozen, wrapped in plastic and foil, 1 month (thaw in refrigerator just until dough can be sliced). ·Cookies keep 4 days in an airtight container at room temperature.

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