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Easy Homemade Danish Butter Cookies
Easy butter cookies recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. These Danish cookie sandwiches are piped, filled with buttercream and dipped in melted chocolate. Crispy on the outside with a melt in your mouth texture.
👥 18 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 25 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Butter (Unsalted, Room temperature)1 cupButtercream icing1.5 cups
2
Add egg yolks, vanilla extract, almond extract and mix until combined.
Egg yolks2Vanilla extract1.5 tsp
3
Add the flour and mix until dough starts to become crumbly.
4
Add 2 tbsp milk and mix until the dough starts to come together.
5
If the dough is still very crumbly, add more milk (1 tsp at a time) until you have a thick and sticky "buttercream-like" consistency.
6
Fill a piping bag with dough and attach a large star tip or large round tip.
7
Pipe the dough into 3 inch lines or rosettes on a cookie tray, lined with parchment paper.
8
Chill in fridge for ⏱️ 30 minutes.
9
Bake at 350 degrees F for ⏱️ 15-16 minutes or until edges are firm and cookies are golden brown.
10
Allow the cookies to cool completely in the tray ay room temperature.
11
Then, remove from parchment paper.
12
Enjoy as is or make cookie sandwiches.
13
To make cookie sandwiches, spread a thin coating of icing on the flat side of a cookie and place another cookie on top of the icing (flat side down). Press gently to secure the two cookies together. Dip each cookie sandwich in a bowl of melted chocolate halfway. Place it on a baking tray, lined with wax paper or parchment paper and sprinkle chopped nuts on top before the chocolate hardens. Once the chocolate sets, remove from parchment paper and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts
calories
389 kcal
fat Content
22 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
26 g
sodium Content
149 mg
protein Content
4 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
49 mg
carbohydrate Content
43 g
saturated Fat Content
13 g
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