This simple butter cookies recipe can be used in a cookie press, made as a drop cookie, or shaped into a roll and sliced. There is no special cookie recipe for a cookie press — any stiff butter type of cookie can be used! Just be sure to chill it thoroughly so it keeps its shape while baking.
Good old fashioned butter cookies are hard to beat! These holiday staples are delicious any time of the year and the best part is the dough can be made months ahead and baked of for an amazing on demand treat!
I love the simple flavors and perfect crumb of the cookie. They’re light and not too sweet so I can eat them en mass and still have a skip in my step.
I love these cookies because they keep well longer than most cookies, they’re perfect for gifting and they’re such a pretty cookie.
They have a rich buttery flavor and a satisfying crisp tender texture, and anytime a chocolate dip is involved no one can turn them away.
I made these two ways, the traditional flavor with vanilla extract then for a funfetti flavor (the white chocolate version with rainbow sprinkles) I added almond extract.
You can’t go wrong which ever route you go, even if you decide to skip the chocolate you’ll still have a perfectly delicious homemade cookie!
Ingredients
- 200 grams pomade butter (blend at room temperature)I
- 120 grams of sugar
- 280 grams of wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Directions
In a bowl start by mixing the butter with the sugar. Remember that butter must be at room temperature in order to work well with it. We blend in pretty well.
Once mixed, add in the teaspoon of vanilla essence.
We continue with the sifted flour. We run the flour through a sinker before putting it into the bowl. We blend in pretty well.
Now it’s time to shape them up. The easiest thing is to make a roll as you see below with the help of paper film and put it in the fridge for 1 hour or so. From there on, we’ll be “cutting slices” of more or less 1 cm and baking them.
Put them in a cut oven tray and bake them at 180° for about 11-12 minutes. The moment we see the edges starting to gold we take them out. If you see that they are soft don’t leave them anymore because I once made that mistake, when they cool they harden. So don’t worry if you touch one and see it soft
