Danish butter cookies
By: Easy cook - Lak...
Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 8:50am

Ingredients




500 g flour
2 packets baking powder
350 g butter, cold
250 g sugar
1 vanilla sugar
A pinch of salt
3 eggs
Grated zest of 1 lemon
3-4 tbs sugar for sprinkling
Topping:
3-4 tbs water
3-4 tbs sugar for sprinkling

Preparation

1 Sift flour with baking powder, add chopped butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, pinch of salt, eggs and grated lemon peel. Mix to combine and knead into the dough. 2 Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and let it sit for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. 3 On a working desktop or a silicone mat sprinkled with sugar roll out with a rolling pin 5 mm thick dough. Brush with water and sprinkle with sugar. With a palm of your hand lightly press sugar into the dough. Cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter. 4 Place cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet. Bake 10 - 12 minutes at 180 ° C. They are done when the ends become slightly golden. 5 Cool and put in a tightly closed metal container. They will keep for several weeks.

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Celebrate the holidays with these crispy and delicious homemade butter cookies.