Butter cookies

Name: Butter cookies
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: Abt. 30 cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 egg yolk; 2 tsp vanilla extract; Milk, as needed (add a splash if the dough is too dry); 1/2 tsp salt; Food colouring, optional

Ellen_A3 @that_baking_girl

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Have fun with these cookies, cut them different shapes and sizes and colour them as you wish.
My cookies were different sizes so I took the smaller ones out of the oven earlier.

Ellen_A3 @that_baking_girl

#12plates
Have fun with these cookies, cut them different shapes and sizes and colour them as you wish.
My cookies were different sizes so I took the smaller ones out of the oven earlier.

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Ingredients

15 - 20 minutes

Abt. 30 cookies

1/2 cupbutter, at room temperature
1/2 cupgranulated sugar
2 cupsall-purpose flour
1egg yolk
2 tspvanilla extract
Milk, as needed (add a splash if the dough is too dry)
1/2 tspsalt
Food colouring, optional

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Steps

15 - 20 minutes

1

In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar. Mix with an electric mixer or whisk until light and paler in colour.
2

Add in the egg yolk and vanilla and whisk again. (If you want to pipe your cookies, also add 1/3 cup milk and freeze the piped cookies for about 30 minutes before baking.)
3

Next, add in the dry ingredients and with a spatula fold it in and mix until a dough forms, if the dough is too dry, add a splash of milk at a time until a firm but slightly soft dough forms.
4

Colour the dough as desired if doing so.
5

Roll out the dough to about 1/4 of an inch thickness and cut out the cookies.
6

Place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 325 degrees fahrenheit anywhere between 15 - 20 minutes, depending on how big or thick your cookies are.
7

Let them cool completely and glaze and add sprinkles if desired. Or decorate with piping gel or any other sugar glaze. Happy Holidays and Baking and Enjoy!