4-Ingredient Danish Butter Cookies Recipe

Butter cookies are heavenly treats—they’re crispy, crumbly, and will just melt in your mouth with each bite. Over the years, many variations of butter cookies have surfaced, but one of the best ones yet is the Danish butter cookie. You can easily find them at your local supermarkets, but nothing beats the taste of homemade cookies. Make these delicious cookies at home with our butter cookies recipe.

Meal: Snack, Dessert
Cuisine: Western, Danish

Preparation time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Total time: 1 hour
Yield: 6 servings (42 pieces)

Ingredients

• 340g of butter, at room temperature
• 150g of powdered sugar
• 3 tsp of vanilla extract
• 375g of cake flour

Equipment

• 1 bowl
• 1 hand mixer
• 1 spatula
• 1 sieve
• 1 piping bag
• 1 flower-tipped nozzle
• 1 baking sheet
• Parchment paper

Directions

• In a bowl, add butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.
• With a hand mixer, cream the mixture for 5 minutes until fluffy. Scrape any dough sticking to the side of the bowl with a spatula.
• Sift the flour in three batches with the sieve and use the spatula to gently fold into the creamed butter mixture.
• Transfer the dough into a piping bag fitted with a flower-tipped nozzle.
• Pipe the dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Refrigerate it for 30 minutes to firm up.
• Preheat the oven to 150°C.
• Bake the cookies in the oven for 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 10 minutes, then serve!

Handy Tips

Take note of these few pointers to perfect this butter cookies recipe.

• Make sure the creamed butter mixture is fluffy and light to prevent dense cookies.
• Avoid overfilling the piping bag. Divide the dough into sections to help ease the process.
• Do not overbake the cookies. Once the edges begin to brown lightly, you can remove them from the oven.

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