Easy Butter Cookie Recipe

Easy melt in your mouth butter cookie recipe that the whole family will love.

Ingredients for Butter Cookies:  

• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 2/4 teaspoon of salt
• 2 cups unsalted butter at room temperature                      
•  1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar                   
•  1 teaspoons of natural vanilla extract                                       
•  2 large free run eggs             

Instructions For Butter Cookies:

• Preheat your oven to 180 °C (350 °F)
• In a large bowl shift the flour and salt together and put aside.
• In a separate bowl, add the butter, sugar and vanilla bean and cream with mixing machine using a paddle.
• Slowly add the egg and mix until the mixture is smooth.
• Add the shifted flour and salt and mix till it all come together. Don’t over mix otherwise your butter cookies will be tough and extremely hard.
• Place silicone paper onto baking tray.
• Flour your working bench, place the dough onto floured surface and roll out till the thickness of the cookie dough reaches quarter inch( 1/2 centimeter)
• Cut cookies with desired cookie cutter and place them onto lined baking tray.
• Place into preheated oven and bake for approximately 13-15 or until the bottom of the butter cookie has is lightly golden browned
• Once baking is complete cool butter cookies onto wired rack.

Easy Butter Cookie Recipe

Easy melt in your mouth butter cookie recipe that the whole family will love.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Servings 20 pieces

Ingredients

  

• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 2/4 teaspoon of salt
• 2 cups unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoons of natural vanilla extract
• 2 large free run eggs

Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 180 °C (350 °F)
• In a large bowl shift the flour and salt together and put aside.
• In a separate bowl, add the butter, sugar and vanilla bean and cream with mixing machine using a paddle.
• Slowly add the egg and mix until the mixture is smooth.
• Add the shifted flour and salt and mix till it all come together. Don't over mix otherwise your butter cookies will be tough and extremely hard.
• Place silicone paper onto baking tray.
• Flour your working bench, place the dough onto floured surface and roll out till the thickness of the cookie dough reaches quarter inch( 1/2 centimeter)
• Cut cookies with desired cookie cutter and place them onto lined baking tray.
• Place into preheated oven and bake for approximately 13-15 or until the bottom of the butter cookie has is lightly golden browned
• Once baking is complete cool butter cookies onto wired rack.
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