Butter cookies have also known as butter biscuits or danish biscuits are prepared using butter, flour and sugar. Their crisp texture makes it an all-time favourite snack. Butter cookies can be flavoured with chocolate chips, cashew nuts, almonds or sprinkles, topped with sugar crystals. Butter cookies are normally circled shape but using piping bags, square, triangle, rings, ellipse or any shapes can be made. The fat in butter helps keeps baby bellies full and mummies happy.
Butter cookies have always been the best tea time snack. Different variants of butter cookies can be prepared at home using the basic dough and is one of the most favourite snacks for all age groups. This blog is explaining how to cook butter cookies easily at home.
Why you should try this Butter Cookie Recipe
- Easy to make
- Simple ingredients readily available at home
- Prepared using butter, flour and sugar
- Soft and delicious
- Crispy on edges
- 10 minutes preparation time
- 30 minutes to cook
- Piped using the piping tip for the floral structure
Useful Tips for baking butter cookies
- Always use a measuring cup to measure the flour, one of the common mistakes is adding an excess amount of flour.
- If the cookie dough is thick and you are not able to pipe it smoothly, add a small portion (1 to 2 tbsp) of milk to thin it out.
- You can add more flavours to butter cookie dough by adding chocolate chips, cashew nuts, almonds, sprinkles.
- You can scoop the cookie dough using your hands after greasing with oil or butter. Roll the dough to any desired shape.
- To pipe smoothly, select a piping tip of at least one-inch width.
- To make cookies crispier, after baking turn off the oven and keep cookies in it for a while.
- Adding sprinkles or sugar on top of the cookie dough before baking makes it look more attractive.
How to make Butter Cookies
- Butter must be softened to room temperature.
- Beat the butter using an electric beater until it turns soft.
- Add sugar and continue beating until the mixture become creamy.
- Add vanilla essence into the mixture for flavour.
- Finally, add the flour and beat gently until just incorporated.
- Our cookie dough is ready.
- Line the baking tray is using butter paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Cookie dough can be piped into the baking tray using a piping bag.
- Refrigerate this for at least 20-30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Place the cookie dough and bake it for 25 – 30 minutes or until the edges become crispy.
- Take out the cookies and let them cool down completely.
Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 100 gram Butter Unsalted
- 5 tbsp Powdered Sugar
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- ½ tbsp Vanilla Essence Optional
- 1 pinch Salt
Instructions
- Soften butter at room temperature
- Beat the butter using an electric beater until it turns soft.
- Add sugar and continue beating until the mixture become creamy.
- Add vanilla essence into the mixture for flavour.
- Finally, add the flour and beat gently until just incorporated.
- Our cookie dough is ready.
- Line the baking tray is using butter paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Cookie dough can be piped into the baking tray using a piping bag.
- Refrigerate this for at least 20-30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Place the cookie dough and bake it for 25 – 30 minutes or until the edges become crispy.
- Take out the cookies and let them cool down completely.
Notes
- If the cookie dough is thick, add 1 tbsp milk to thin it out.
- You can add chocolate chips, cashew nuts, almonds, to the cookie dough to add more flavour.
- You can scoop the cookie dough using your hands after greasing with oil or butter. Roll the dough to any desired shape.
- Adding sprinkles or sugar on top of the cookie dough before baking makes it look more attractive.
What to do if your cookies are too buttery?
If the cookies are buttery because of low flour, try to add more flour to the dough. Keep the dough in refrigerator for 2 hours to make it thick.
Does butter make cookies flat?
Normally no but, if the butter gets soft due to high temperature, it may melt faster during baking and the cookies will get flatten before they set.
How do you understand when butter cookies are done?
Bake it until the edges of the butter cookie become crispy and the colour of the cookie will change to a golden brown. To make cookies crispier, after baking turn off the oven and keep cookies in it for a while with a slightly opened oven door.
Will cookies harden as they cool?
Cookies will harden when they cool. It is soft right after baking and continues to bake on the baking tray once take out from the oven. Transfer cookies from the baking tray and let them finish cooling.
Is melted butter better for cookies?
If you are using melted butter, it may spread faster than dough made with butter prepared at room temperature.
What happens if you add less amount of butter in cookies?
Need to add enough butter to make the cookie soft and delicious. A lesser amount of butter may make the cookies tender. The texture and taste of the cookie largely depend on the amount of butter adding to it.
How to stop cookies from spreading too much?
Cookies are spreading too much just because the butter is creating an extra layer. Use a butter paper or silicone baking mat to stop cookies spreading too much.
Can I use salted butter instead of unsalted for making butter cookies?
If unsalted butter is not available, you can try salted butter, but be careful while adding salt will not affect the taste anyway.
How long should you bake cookies?
Bake it for about 8 to 10 minutes, until the edges of the butter cookie become crispy and the colour of the cookie will change to a golden brown.
Baking soda or baking powder, which is better for cookies?
Baking soda will help the cookies to spread better than baking powder.
How do you get cookies to harden?
Cookies will harden when they cool. It is soft right after baking and continues to bake on the baking tray once take out from the oven. Transfer cookies from the baking tray and let them finish cooling. To make cookies crispier, after baking turn off the oven and keep cookies in it for a while with a slightly opened oven door.
What is the most common temperature to bake a cookie?
The usual temperature for baking a cookie lies between 350 to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. It may vary depends on the recipe you use, usual range is from from 300 degrees Fahrenheit to 430 degrees Fahrenheit.
Will salt butter ruin cookies?
Unsalted butter is always prefered for cookies. If unsalted butter is not available, you can try salted butter, but be careful while adding salt will not affect the taste anyway.
Should I avoid salt if using salted butter?
Salt is a preservative for cookies and it gives flavour to the cookies. If you are using salted butter, reduce the salt amount to half. Salted butter can never be a replacement for salt.
