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Danish Butter Cookies
Yield
about 36 cookies
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
14 minutes
Additional Time
15 minutes
Total Time
44 minutes
Danish Butter Cookies are made simply and easily with a short list of ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (110g) confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240g) all-purpose flour
- about 2 tablespoons granulated sugar or sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liner.
- Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the egg and vanilla.
- Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually add the flour, mixing just until combined.
- Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.* Pipe the dough into circles about 2 inches in diameter. Leave about 2 inches between cookies.
- Sprinkle each cookie with granulated sugar or sanding sugar.
- Refrigerate the pans of cookies for 15 minutes.
- Bake, one pan at a time, 14 to 18 minutes, or until the edges are just browned.
- Cool on the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
*The cookies pictured were made with a Wilton 1M tip. Most any tip at least that large should work. If you don't have a pastry bag, you can use a zip-top bag with the corner snipped instead.
Recipe slightly adapted from McCormick.