Butter Cookie Dough Recipe

This recipe for basic butter cookies is so versatile. It can be scooped, rolled, sliced, pressed, or cut out with cookie cutters!

Butter cookies are one of those classic recipes that show up every holiday season along with peanut butter blossomsand cardamom cookies. I remember getting them in a blue tin and each cookie was shaped slightly different.

The cookies were buttery, crisp, and melted in your mouth.They were my favorite cookies and I looked forward to them every year.

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Today, I’m finally sharing with you my favorite recipe for these delectablecookies. And the best thing about this recipe is it can be used in a multitude of ways.

The doughis soft and can be scooped and dropped, rolled into balls, or used in a cookie press. It can also be rolled into a log then chilled and sliced. Or you can roll the dough out and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes.

Butter cookies are actually better than shortbread cookies! The main difference between the two is the amount of sugar and the baking temperature.

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Butter cookies have more sugar and bake at a higher temperature than shortbread cookies. They don’t crumble and the dough is extremely versatile.

It starts by creaming the butter and sugar together. Don’t cream it as long as you would for a cake but do make sure it’s well mixed together and looks creamy.

Then you’ll add the vanilla, salt, and egg yolk. They can all go in at the same time and just mix until everything is combined.

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The dough needs to be chilled for 1 to 2 hours then it’s ready to use for piped cookies, cookie press cookies, or scooped and dropped cookies.

If you want slice and bake cookies, you’ll need to shape the dough into a log and wrap in plastic wrap before chilling.

Roll the dough between two sheets of parchment paper. Aim for ⅛-inch thickness. Use 2 to 3-inch cookie cutters to cut out shapes.

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Before baking the cookies I like to sprinkle coarse sugar over the top. You can also use colored sugar to make them festive for any occasion.

Bake them just until they are beginning to turn golden brown around the edges then let them rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.

The cookies will continue cooking for those few minutes and they’ll set up enough for you to slide a spatula underneath to move them to a wire rack.

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These butter cookies were a huge hit with my taste testers. The first thing they thought of was the holiday cookies I mentioned above.

They are crisp and tender with rich butter flavor. The coarse sugar caramelized on the top resulting in a wonderful crunchy texture.

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