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Butter Cookies - melt in the mouth goodies for any occasion


Biscuits and cookies are among the most beloved snacks for children, and it’s no surprise to see them happily munching away whenever those little hunger pangs strike. As a mom who isn’t entirely comfortable with store-bought varieties and is committed to offering healthier options, I prefer baking cookies at home. I believe many parents—moms and dads alike—share this mindset and have taken up baking biscuits and cookies themselves, driven by the same desire to provide wholesome treats for their kids.

 Butter cookies (or butter biscuits), known as Brysslkex, Sablés, and Danish biscuits, are unleavened cookies consisting of butter, flour, and sugar. They are often categorized as a "crisp cookie" due to their texture, caused in part because of the quantity of butter and sugar. It is generally necessary to chill the dough to enable proper manipulation and handling. Butter cookies at their most basic have no flavoring, but they are often flavored with vanilla, chocolate, and coconut, and/or topped with sugar crystals. They also come in a variety of shapes such as circles, squares, ovals, rings and pretzel-like forms.

Christmas is always a reason to bake cookies in our home. They’re perfect for serving guests at holiday gatherings, and the star-shaped ones add a festive touch to the season.

 So, here's a simple recipe that can be used for any occasion. 

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
1 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
3 1/2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt

Method:
Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. In a separate bowl, mix together your dry ingredients. Add those slowly to the egg mixture and mix well until dough forms up. Don’t over beat!
Fill your piping bag with this soft dough and pipe out wreaths or any design of your choice onto a baking tray. This is for those who are pretty good at handling the piping bag and the piping exercise. 
Else, you could do what I do. Turn the dough out onto plastic wrap and chill for a while. This step is crucial because with so much butter in the cookies, they are going to fall apart if too soft. The hazards of baking with butter, I guess.
Flour a board or countertop well and roll out your cookies. Use a cookie cutter and cut out the cookies and place them on a baking tray, that's lined with butter paper. Pop this into the fridge, so that it firms up a bit. I used star-shaped cutters because it was Christmas, and stars felt like the perfect festive choice.
 Bake at 180°C for 8-10 minutes. Keep an eye on them because you want them to just start getting golden around the edges, but not completely brown. I let them sit for a minute or two to set up on the hot tray before transferring them to a rack to cool.

 Decorate however you want!! 

 You can use a simple frosting recipe by putting a heap ton of powdered sugar in the mixer and then adding milk until the frosting is the consistency you desire.... you could divide this mixture into lots and add different colours and frost your cookies in different colours & designs. Or you could glaze with your favourite chocolate ganache, for the chocolate lovers. Or just have it as it is.... these butter cookies would melt in your mouth. 

Go ahead and try it—you’ll love the results.

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