Easy Butter Cookies
Crisp and delightful butter cookies are packed with buttery flavor and melt in your mouth. Old fashioned butter cookies are tough to beat.
Yield
24 servingsPrep
10 minCook
15 minReady
25 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups |
butter
softened |
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 6 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | x |
powdered sugar
optional |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 15 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1.4 | l |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | x |
powdered sugar
optional |
*
|
Directions
These festive staples are enjoyable any time of the year, and the dough can be made months ahead, kept in your freezer, and baked on demand whenever there's a craving.
This recipe is suitable for using with a cookie press or simply rolling the dough out and using cookie cutters.
How to make butter cookies
Using a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
In a little bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour and baking powder; gradually add to the creamed butter and egg mixture and incorporating fully.
Shape with a cookie press or roll out to desired thickness with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface can cut into shapes as desired.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Decorate with sugar if desired.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) between 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are slightly brown.
