Butter cookies/ biscuits are my favorite snack with the evening tea. The first time I baked the butter cookies I was in class 12 and they turned out to be very delicious-crispy in the very first go. Since then I’ve been using the same recipe. I bake these cookies during special occasions like Christmas, birthdays or any other get together to serve it to my guests.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Baking Time: 15 minutes

Serves: 25-30 small cookies

Course: Snacks

Cuisine: Danish

Ingredients:

Salted/ Unsalted Butter                                     80g

Plain Flour                                                           125g

Powdered Sugar                                                 60g

Vanilla Essence                                                   ½ tsp

Egg Yolk                                                               1

Milk                                                                     1 tbsp

Directions:

1. Take room temperature butter in a bowl; add 50g of powdered sugar to it and beat at low speed till well incorporated. I’m using electric hand mixer, you can even whisk using hand.
2. Then beat the butter and sugar together at high speed for around 10 minutes or till the butter gets pale, fluffy and light. Real magic in getting flaky and crispy cookies is the time take to beat the butter.
3. Once the butter and sugar gets fluffy and light; add the egg yolk and vanilla essence to it and mix well in low speed. Scrape the bowl well to mix everything well.
4. The task of the beater/ whisk is done now. Add the flour little by little and fold it into the butter mixture. Using your hand incorporate the butter and flour to form loose dough. Once the dough holds shape it’s done. Wrap the dough in the plastic wrap or clean film wrap and keep it into the fridge for 30 minutes.
5. Take out the cookie dough from the fridge. Keep it in the room temperature for 5-10 minutes.
6. Then take a small portion of the dough; roll it out to get ¼ inch sheet and using a cookie cutter of your choice cut out the cookies and place them on the baking tray.
7. Bake the cookies in a pre-heated oven at 160⁰C for 15-20 minutes or till the base of the cookie turns light brown. Let the cookies cool in the oven itself. OR
8. Pre-Heat a flat bottom pan covered with lid over the gas cook top    for 5 minutes on high heat. Place the cut out cookies on a greased stainless steel plate or aluminum tray and place the plate over a wire rack inside the heated pan. Cover the pan and bake the cookies on medium low heat for 15 minutes. Take it out when its done and let the cookies cool.
9. Meanwhile, take the remaining 10g of powdered sugar add milk to it and mix well to get a sugar glaze. (Optional)
10. Once the cookies are cooled, coat the top of the cookie with sugar glaze and decorate with some sprinklers of your choice.(Optional) Serve the cookies with tea or store them in an airtight jar.