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    October 3, 2022

    Easy Christmas Butter Cookies

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    Christmas, literally the most festive time of the year, is everyone’s favorite time to splurge on desserts! Prepare these Easy Christmas Butter Cookies to leave your family and friends in Christams cheer!

    Whenever Christmas is mentioned, we are filled those fuzzy memories of getting together with family and friends, enjoying a lot of food, exchanging gifts, and doing much more.

    With only 5 ingredients and some simple steps, these beautiful Easy Christmas Butter Cookies are basically the perfect gift for your loved ones during holiday season! These will make it to your list of favorite holiday cookies. A true holiday classic!


    The Most Elegant Holiday Classic Cookies!

    A colorful assortment of mouth-melting butter cookies that will surely enhance the way you celebrate the holiday season.
    Leave everyone stunned with the fabulous taste of these Christmas butter cookies!

    Wish Everyone a Merry Christmas with These Splendid Cookies

    Holidays, in general, and Christmas, in particular, often correlate with the sensational smells of baking coming from kitchens around the world. This Easy Christmas Butter Cookies recipe is one that lives up to such holiday vibes.

    The idea of butter cookies is hardly a novice. They are a true staple of the season! And you’d love baking those Easy Christmas Butter Cookies in batches to be on hand for guests. You can offer them to share the spirit of the season with your beloved ones. Even Santa gets cookies to energize him on his one-night journey.


    A Means of Showing Love and Peacefulness

    You need no more than 5 easy ingredients and some decorative garnishing to produce these fabulous Christmas butter cookies that will be on hand for guests or family members.
    Spread the Christmas spirit with these appetizing Christmas butter cookies.

    Decorating Your Favorite Christmas Cookies

    Adding a festive touch to these Christmas butter cookies is absolutely necessary. You can do so by garnishing them with Christmas embellishments.

    To decorate these savory Christmas butter cookies, you can use any icing or frosting of your choice. Just make sure that the frosting is not too dry; otherwise, it will not stick to the cookies.

    You can also work with colors to fashion out Christmas butter cookies of different beautiful shapes. In this case, you need to color the frosting using food coloring.

    Another suggestion is that you dip the butter cookies – when they cool down- in chocolate. You can melt white chocolate, dark or dairy-free chocolate chips.(Really, your heart desires!) and dip the cookies in the melted mixture.

    However, they are still not Christmas cookies until you drizzle some holiday sprinkles on their top. Here, all you need is a bunch of Christmas sprinkles… And the magic happens!


    Common Inquiries about This Recipe

    Can I store these sugar cookies to be eaten later?

    Yes, definitely! You can keep them in an air-tight container. They will keep for a week in the refrigerator and for a month in the freezer.

    Is there a substitute of butter in this recipe?

    Unfortunately, no! To get the creamy texture of these Christmas butter cookies, you must use butter.                

    What kind of butter is ideal for this recipe?

    Always opt for good quality butter for this cookie recipe. Any good brand fits. Just make sure it is unsalted.              

    What can I do with the leftovers of the cookie dough?

    If you have some extra cookie dough, you can enfold it in a plastic wrap and keep in the freezer to bake it later on.


    Pro Tips for the Best Results

    To guarantee the success of this recipe, consider these hints for the perfect cookies. Check the recipe card for more tips as well.

    First of all, the ingredients should not be cold, refrigerated, or frozen. The butter should be softened but not melted. And the eggs have to be at room temperature.

    If you want to store these piped cookies in an airtight container, make sure they cool completely. Otherwise, they will become humid.

    As for the cookie dough, do not overmix it. It becomes sticky and hard to work with. Before baking it, refrigerate the final dough for 10-12 minutes till it becomes firm.


    A Colorful Assortment of Fancy Butter Cookies

    These flavorful Christmas butter cookies  will definitely leave you in awe and contentment during Christmas or any other holiday.
    Share the Christmas spirit with family and friends with these adorable butter cookies.

    Simple Ingredients for a Yummy Batch of Christmas Cookies

    These adorable Christmas butter cookies require ingredients common with other types of cookies as spritz cookies, shortbread cookies, or Danish butter cookies. 

    It’s as easy as it gets! And you need no more than these simple components to prepare these delish Christmas butter cookies.

    Flour: Any kind of flour works well, but the unbleached, all-purpose flour is preferable.

    Egg: You just need to use the yolk. Make sure it is at room temperature.

    Butter: Unsalted butter is optimal in this recipe.

    Sugar: It can be either granulated or confectioners’ sugar.

    Fragrant Extracts: You can use either vanilla extract or almond extract.


    Easy Steps to Make the Christmas Butter Cookies

     This recipe is all about simplicity! A few ingredients, easy steps, and amazing taste. You just need to follow the given instructions for the best results.   

    The first step is to preheat the oven to 375 degrees for 5-10 minutes. Never underestimate the importance of preheating the oven in a successful baking. It’s actually those simple details that guarantee the success of your recipe!

    Preparing the Cookie Dough

    The next step is to mix the ingredients. In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, put the sugar, butter, egg yolk, and vanilla or almond extract. Sift the flour in another bowl.

    Start mixing the ingredients in the first large bowl, either by hand or with the electric mixer. If you use the electric mixture, make sure that you start with low speed and then raise it to medium speed until you get the right consistency.

    Once you cream the butter, add it to the other bowl with the dry ingredient, namely the flour. Then, mix gently, preferably manually until you feel that the flour is fully incorporated within the blend to get a soft and smooth dough.

    Shaping and Baking the Christmas Butter Cookies

     Now, flour a clean work surface which can be a large piece of parchment paper, and roll out the dough super thin using a rolling pin.

    Then, using cookie cutters, cut the flattened dough into desired shapes, re-shaping and re-rolling the dough as needed after each batch to get the most cookies. You can use a cookie press to shape the cookies instead.

    You can also use the piping bag to shape the dough into desired forms. Use the open star tip or any other piece to form uniform shapes.

    With a small spatula, place the cut cookies onto a room temperature baking sheet lined with parchment paper or onto an ungreased baking cookie sheet on a cookie tray.     

    After that, bake the cookies on the center wire rack of the preheated oven for 6-10 minutes or until the edges are just slightly golden.


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    Easy Christmas Butter Cookies

    Lama
    With its simple ingredients, this recipe of adorable Christmas cookies will definitely stir your Christmas memories.
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Course Dessert, Snack, sweets
    Cuisine American
    Servings 20 servings
    Calories 55 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • ¾ cup butter softened
    • 1 egg yolk at room temperature
    • 1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract or almond extract
    • 2 cups flour preferably unbleached all-purpose

    Instructions
     

    Preparing the Dough

    • Preheat the oven to 375°F degrees.
    • With an electric mixer or by hand, mix the sugar, butter, egg yolk and vanilla till you get a creamy mixture.
    • Then, add the flour and mix just until it is fully incorporated into the blend.
    • Flour a clean work surface (as a large piece of parchment paper), and roll out the dough very thin using a rolling pin.
    • Cut the flattened dough into desired shapes, re-shaping and re-rolling the dough as needed after each batch to get the most cookies.

    Baking the Christmas Butter Cookies

    • With a small spatula, place the cut cookies onto a room temperature baking sheet lined with parchment paper or on a cookie tray.
    • Place the tray on the center wire rack of the oven.
    • Bake the cookies for 6-10 minutes until the edges become slightly golden.

    Notes

    • You can make various shapes of the cookies so that the recipe fits any holiday season.
    • Before adding the flour to the dough mixture, make sure that the sugar is completely dissolved.
    • Add the flour gradually and in portions to the butter mixture.
    • Place the cookies apart from each other when you put them on the sheet or tray.
    • Leave the cookies to cool completely before decorating them.
    • PRO TIP: You can wrap the cookies or box them as a  special gift for your beloved ones on this special day.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 55kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 27mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 28IUCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg
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    1. Brit says

      December 25, 2022 at 6:14 am

      Omg this is so Annoying. Put the recipe on the page. Where I can see it. All these adds and I just want some ingredients

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      • Lama says

        December 26, 2022 at 6:33 pm

        Hi Brit, I am so sorry to hear you had a hard time finding the recipe. If you go to the top of the page you will see “jump to recipe”. Tap it and it will take you right to the recipe card. I will work on reducing the ads.

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