Easy Homemade Butter Cookie Recipe | How to make Danish butter cookies. #buttercookies #cookierecipe

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is lower in saturated fat and dairy-free.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener with additional flavor.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats and are more affordable.

Mix salt into the flour and set aside.

In a mixing bowl, add room temperature unsalted butter.

Add sugar to the butter and cream together using an electric mixer for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Scrape the sides of the bowl to ensure everything is mixed well.

Add one large egg and room temperature vanilla extract; mix for about 30 seconds until slightly liquid.

Scrape the sides again to combine all ingredients.

Gradually add flour in batches, mixing with a spatula initially, then using the electric mixer until a soft dough forms.

Transfer the dough into a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle, removing air to avoid cracks while piping.

Pipe the dough onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper in desired shapes, making circles.

Refrigerate the piped cookies for 20 to 30 minutes to set.

Bake the cookies in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes until done.

Let the cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.

Dip one side of the cooled cookies in melted milk chocolate and place them on parchment paper to dry.

Sprinkle toppings of your choice on the chocolate-dipped cookies.

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