How to Make Speedy Butter cookies

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, butter cookies. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Butter cookies is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Butter cookies is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have butter cookies using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Butter cookies:

1. Get 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
2. Take 1/2 cup granulated sugar
3. Get 2 cups all-purpose flour
4. Prepare 1 egg yolk
5. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla extract
6. Get Milk, as needed (add a splash if the dough is too dry)
7. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
8. Take Food colouring, optional

Steps to make Butter cookies:

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar. Mix with an electric mixer or whisk until light and paler in colour.
2. Add in the egg yolk and vanilla and whisk again. (If you want to pipe your cookies, also add 1/3 cup milk and freeze the piped cookies for about 30 minutes before baking.)
3. Next, add in the dry ingredients and with a spatula fold it in and mix until a dough forms, if the dough is too dry, add a splash of milk at a time until a firm but slightly soft dough forms.
4. Colour the dough as desired if doing so.
5. Roll out the dough to about 1/4 of an inch thickness and cut out the cookies.
6. Place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 325 degrees fahrenheit anywhere between 15 - 20 minutes, depending on how big or thick your cookies are.
7. Let them cool completely and glaze and add sprinkles if desired. Or decorate with piping gel or any other sugar glaze. Happy Holidays and Baking and Enjoy!

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