Ingredients for the Cookies
I have been making these cookies for a while, it’s the only recipe I have ever used for my Butter Cookies. However, they were not the easiest to pipe. I saw a few recipes where milk was added to the cookie dough and if you are really struggling maybe you can add a few drops. The great thing about these cookies is that you only need 4 ingredients, butter, icing sugar, vanilla essence and flour.
Two Ways to make these Cookies
If you use the right piping bag and the right nozzle you can pipe these cookies without any hassles. You will need a strong piping bag and a large nozzle. The other way to do it is to roll out the dough and cut into shapes, there are some really pretty shapes you can make too. If you are creative the possibilities are endless. Me creative??? Not so much.
The dough
What I love about this Butter Cookie dough is that it is so versatile. You can just about add any flavoring to it or you can add nuts, chocolate, caramel, whatever you fancy. I have used this dough to make several different cookies in the past and they worked great. Always ensure your butter is at room temperature. Your butter has to be really soft so that when you beat the butter and sugar it should be light and creamy. Here’s the burning question, salted or unsalted butter? I guess this is a matter of personal preference. For me using salted butter or unsalted butter (with the addition of salt) doesn’t make such a huge difference. If it was a matter of edible or unedible then yes I will definitely stress over which butter I use. You have to add salt if you use unsalted butter anyway. So the difference is really so subtle you won’t even notice. Unless you are a gourmet chef that’s finicky about every scientific detail in terms of your bakes. When buying salted butter and you really concerned about the salt you can look at the sodium content and buy one that’s low in sodium.
If you do try these cookies please drop me a comment and leave a star rating, your feedback is always appreciated. More Cookie Recipes to try: Chocolate Coconut Biscuits Rose Pistachio Shortbread Cookies Greek Almond Cookies If you loved this, please share!
