Happy New Year! I have many recipes to share- beginning with the recipes for the holiday cookies that were new to my assortment this year.
My husband could eat Danish butter cookies on a daily basis. 😉 I decided to add them to my Christmas cookie assortment this year after seeing and episode about Scandinavian cookies on Martha Bakes.
This simple and pure version from Martha Stewart is most successful when using high-quality ingredients. I used King Arthur Flour and Plugra European-style butter. I adapted the recipe by weighing the flour and by using a cookie press to make the cookies instead of piping them. Nice.
Yield: about 40 cookies
- 1 cup (2 sticks) best-quality salted butter, room temperature (I used Plugra)
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 300 g (2 1/2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees, preferably on convection.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and confectioners’ sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add vanilla and egg, and beat to combine.
- Gradually add flour, 1 cup at a time, and beat until well incorporated.
- Transfer dough to a cookie press, I used the wreath disc, or into a pastry bag fitted with a 7/16-inch star tip (such as Ateco #825 or Wilton #4B).
- Spritz cookie shapes or pipe dough into 2 1/2-inch rings onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spaced 2 inches apart.
- Bake, rotating halfway through, until lightly golden around edges but still light on top, about 12 to 14 minutes for spritz cookies or up to 20 minutes for piped cookies.
- Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely.
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