BUTTER COOKIES Recipe by A. Rene Trevino Makes about 3 dozen cookies 1 pound unsalted butter, cold and cut into large cubes ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar ⅓ cup egg yolks (about 3 to 4 yolks) 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
THE COOKIE: A. RENE TREVINO’S BUTTER COOKIES
Though he loves the challenge (croissants take nine hours, start to finish), Trevino knows how to make things simple, too. His classic butter cookie recipe is ideal for holiday baking traditions at home. “This dough is pretty straightforward, and it has a great flavor,” he says. During the holidays, Trevino turns out butter cookies in a variety of shapes like snowflakes, snowmen and angels, decorated with icing and coarse sugar. Perhaps the biggest fan is Trevino’s son, whose request for butter cookies came unusually early this year: for his sixth birthday in late October. “He’d been asking for Christmas cookies”—of all things—“for a month or so,” Trevino says.
4¼ cups all-purpose flour 1.
Combine butter, salt and sugar in a standing mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat until smooth.
2.
Add yolks and vanilla extract, and mix until the ingredients are well incorporated.
3.
Add flour and mix until dough forms. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
4.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
5.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to ¼ inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters.
6.
Bake on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper for 10–15 minutes, until edges are slightly browned. After removing from the oven, let stand for a minute, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
7.
Decorate with icing, coarse sugar, etc.
Details: Rene’s Bakery, 6524-B N. Cornell Ave., Indianapolis; 317-251-2253; RenesBakery.com
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Photos by Kelley Jordan Heneveld
If there’s one thing that people expect from Rene’s Bakery in Broad Ripple, it’s the croissants. Owner A. Rene Trevino hand-rolls more than 1,000 each week, often tying on his apron at 2:30am to get it all done. At his humble 625-square-foot shop, Trevino makes “pastry for the people,” offering everything from fancy tortes to cutout cookies.
