Christmas season is coming to town and homemade butter cookies are the best for chilling in this time. Imagine cookies smell overwhelmed your kitchen, music warms up your heart and snow are falling down outside... How nice it is!
Here we are. In this post I will share you how to make a bowl of 20-24pcs butter cookies at home.
1. Ingredients:
. 120gram unsalted butter
. 60gram icing sugar
. 2 gram salt
. 1 egg
. 3ml vanilla
. 200 gram all purpose flour (No. 11)
. 10ml milk if need
. Sliced almond or chocolate chip if you want
2. Tools:
. Mixing bowl
. Mixer (Handy or stand one)
. Flour-sifter
. Spatula
. Baking sheet
. Parchment paper
. Piping bag
. Piping tip (Wilton tip 1M or 2D)
. Baking rack
. Airtight container
3. Prepared step:
. Leave butter and egg in room temperature.
. Mix flour and salt. Use flour-sifter, pour them into the sifter and position it over the mixing bowl. Gently tap the side of the sifter with one hand until all passes through (A)
. Put parchment paper on baking sheet
. Turn on the oven at 180 Celsius before baking 10mins
. Add piping tip to the piping bad (B).
4. Making dough:
Step 1: Put butter into the mixing bowl and mix it in 20s by using low level of the mixer.
Step 2: Pour the icing sugar into the mixing bowl then use low level of mixer to mix it with butter.
Step 3: Add 1 egg and mix it well.
Step 4: Add 3ml vanilla and keep mixing.
Step 5: Pour gently the prepared (A) into mixing bowl in 3 times (can use the sifter again). Use the spatula to mix them well. If the cookie dough is too thick, you can add more 5-10ml milk.
Step 6: Put the dough into the piping bag as prepared (B)
Step 7: Pipe the dough in 4-5cm swirls or lines shape on the parchment and keep 3-5cm distance of each.
Add sliced almond or chocolate chips if you want on top of cookies.
Step 8: Bake the cookies in 15-17mins at 180 Celsius (time is depend on your oven conditions).
Step 9: When it finishes, leave the fresh cookies on the baking rack to cool.
Keep your lovely cookies in the airtight container in room temperature or better in your refrigerator.
Here is my butter cookies.
If you wanna change the taste, add 3-5gram matcha powder into flour. You will have delicious matcha cookies for your family.
Have a nice day~
-Jessica-