Butter Twists (Pg 248)

I had been itching to make these. Look how cute they are! I'm also fascinated by cookies in interesting shapes. I'm excited, and scared, by the challenge of it. I was pleasantly surprised that these were pretty easy.

The dough couldn't be simpler. It is the most basic cookie you can imagine. Butter, sugar, egg white, flour. I was a little nervous that the dough was a bit dry, but I've realized that the dough always seems too dry at first and once it's mixed a little bit more it's fine.

One thing that definitely didn't work out was that it didn't make as many cookies as it was supposed to. The quantities are very small (1 1/2 cups flour, geez) and the recipe says it will make 3 dozen. As I was mixing the dough I was thinking to myself "There is no way this is turning into 3 dozen." Seriously. It made 2 dozen. It doesn't seem like a big difference, but it is. Most of the recipes I've made have actually made more than the recipe predicted, which is always exciting. It's possible that I just made these too big. To be perfectly honest I didn't get out my ruler and measure them to make sure I was rolling the ropes to the right specifications. I mean, I'm a perfectionist, but sometimes it's just a bit too much.

So these adorable little cookies also taste mighty good. As I said, it's the most basic cookie you can imagine, but sometimes that's all you want. The good old fashioned basics, but twisted into a cute little rope. I love them.

Yield:
Recipe predicts: About 3 dozen
Actual: 2 dozen :(

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