Butter cookies

Ellen_A3
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.

Butter cookies

#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. 1/2 cupbutter, at room temperature
  2. 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
  3. 2 cupsall-purpose flour
  4. 1egg yolk
  5. 2 tspvanilla extract
  6. Milk, as needed (add a splash if the dough is too dry)
  7. 1/2 tspsalt
  8. Food colouring, optional

Cooking Instructions

15 - 20 minutes
  1. 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. 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. 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. 4

    Colour the dough as desired if doing so.

  5. 5

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

  6. 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. 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!

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