These crispy butter cookies taste better than store-bought ones and are so easy to make. They are just 3 ingredients and don’t require any eggs. The cookies come out very crispy, buttery and sweet. They are perfect for gifting.
I love eating butter cookies, especially this time of year and I can never resist buying a few tins of Danish butter cookies. But most of the time I’m actually disappointed with the ones I buy. These homemade butter cookies taste so much better. They are so crispy, buttery and have just the right amount of sweetness.
The butter and powdered sugar are creamed together at high speed for a few minutes until you have a light, fluffy mixture that is white in color and resembles whipped cream. The flour is then mixed in until a dough forms.
The dough is soft enough that it can be piped. I used an open star tip to pipe swirls that resemble my favorite Danish butter cookie shape (I made mine spiral swirls If you want it to look more like the ones in the tins, just pipe a circle).
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup (227 g) butter softened and slightly melted (see notes)
- 1 cup (118 g) powdered sugar
- 2 cups (256 g) all purpose flour
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line 2 large baking sheets with silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, add butter and sugar. Cream at highest speed for about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. The mixture should turn from yellow to white and look like whipped cream when you are done. If you are using a stand mixer, make sure to stop and scrape the sides of your bowl a few times with a spatula so that all the butter gets creamed. I used the wire whisk attachment with the stand mixer.
- Add in the flour. Mix in at low speed and then gradually increase speed once flour is incorporated. The mixture will be crumbly at first but then should form a thick, soft dough, almost like a thick paste. You can stop mixing once the dough comes together.
- Add dough to a piping bag. Using a large open star tip (I used one with a 1/2 inch opening), pipe swirls or whatever design you prefer. Space cookies 1 inch apart. See notes for other options if you don’t wish to pipe the cookies. Place piped cookies into fridge for 30 minutes so the dough is chilled. This will prevent the cookies from spreading too much when they bake.
- Place one cookie sheet into the middle of your oven. Bake cookies for about 15-20 minutes or until edges and surface start to turn a light brown. (Mine took about 18-20 minutes). Remove cookies from oven and bake the second tray. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet before removing. Store uneaten cookies in an airtight container.
