Danish Butter Cookies
"Celebrate the holidays with these crispy and delicious homemade butter cookies."
photo by Laka
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
20 cookies
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 500 g flour
- 24 g baking powder (2 packets)
- 350 g butter, cold
- 250 g sugar
- 1 vanilla sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 grated lemon, zest of
- 3 -4 tablespoons sugar, for sprinkling
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Topping
- 3 -4 tablespoons water
- 3 -4 tablespoons sugar, for sprinkling
directions
- Sift flour with baking powder, add chopped butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, pinch of salt, eggs and grated lemon peel. Mix to combine and knead into the dough.
- Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and let it sit for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- On a working desktop or a silicone mat sprinkled with sugar roll out with a rolling pin 5 mm thick dough. Brush with water and sprinkle with sugar. With a palm of your hand lightly press sugar into the dough. Cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter.
- Place cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet. Bake 10 - 12 minutes at 180 ° C. They are done when the ends become slightly golden.
- Cool and put in a tightly closed metal container. They will keep for several weeks.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Laka
Croatia
Food lover, wine and espresso drinker, chocolate addict. I love my family, my dog (when I have it) and my food processor. I cook every single day since I married and probably will until the day I die. I love to share my recipes that are straightforward to prepare, yet are exceptionally tasty and look so good. I hope you feel inspired by my recipes and that they find life in your kitchen!
