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Butter Cookies

3-in-1 holiday cookie dough recipe makes cut-outs, molded and spritz cookies. A great time-saving recipe for a cookie exchange or family and friend holiday baking marathon.
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Recipe - HIGHLAND BRIDGE
Recipes: Butter Cookies
Butter Cookies
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Ingredients
2 cups butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
  1. In mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until fluffy.
  2. Combine remaining ingredients; stir into sugar mixture just until blended. Refrigerate, covered.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  4. FOR COOKIE CUT-OUTS: Roll part of dough 1/8-inch thick on lightly floured surface; keep remainder of dough refrigerated.
  5. Cut with cookie cutters; place on ungreased baking sheets.
  6. Sprinkle with sugar (optional).
  7. Bake until set, but not brown (6-8 minutes). Remove to wire racks to cool.

Makes approximately 8-9 dozen cookies (96-108 cookies), depending on the size of each cookie. 

  1. FOR MOLDED COOKIES: Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  2. Flatten with bottom of sugared glass, ceramic cookie press or fork.
  3. Bake until set, but not brown (8-10 minutes). Remove to wire racks to cool.

Makes approximately 8-9 dozen cookies (96-108 cookies), depending on the size of each cookie. 

  1. FOR SPRITZ COOKIES: Force dough through cookie press, following manufacturer's directions, onto ungreased baking sheets.
  2. Bake until set, but not brown (7-9 minutes). Remove to wire racks to cool.

Makes approximately 10 dozen cookies (120 cookies), depending on the size of each cookie. 

TIP: Ensure cookies cool completely before decorating, otherwise any icings, sprinkles and more may melt when applied.

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2 cups butter, softened
Plugra European Style Salted Butter
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2 cups sugar
Crystal Granulated Sugar
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1 egg, room temperature
L&B Pasture Raised Organic Large Brown Eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
L&B Organic Pure Vanilla Extract
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4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour, 10 Pound
$11.99$1.20/lb
1 teaspoon baking powder
Argo Baking Powder
Argo Baking Powder, 12 Ounce
$3.39$0.28/oz
1/4 teaspoon salt
Morton Fine Sea Salt
Morton Fine Sea Salt, 17.6 Ounce
$4.89$0.28/oz

Directions

  1. In mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until fluffy.
  2. Combine remaining ingredients; stir into sugar mixture just until blended. Refrigerate, covered.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  4. FOR COOKIE CUT-OUTS: Roll part of dough 1/8-inch thick on lightly floured surface; keep remainder of dough refrigerated.
  5. Cut with cookie cutters; place on ungreased baking sheets.
  6. Sprinkle with sugar (optional).
  7. Bake until set, but not brown (6-8 minutes). Remove to wire racks to cool.

Makes approximately 8-9 dozen cookies (96-108 cookies), depending on the size of each cookie. 

  1. FOR MOLDED COOKIES: Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  2. Flatten with bottom of sugared glass, ceramic cookie press or fork.
  3. Bake until set, but not brown (8-10 minutes). Remove to wire racks to cool.

Makes approximately 8-9 dozen cookies (96-108 cookies), depending on the size of each cookie. 

  1. FOR SPRITZ COOKIES: Force dough through cookie press, following manufacturer's directions, onto ungreased baking sheets.
  2. Bake until set, but not brown (7-9 minutes). Remove to wire racks to cool.

Makes approximately 10 dozen cookies (120 cookies), depending on the size of each cookie. 

TIP: Ensure cookies cool completely before decorating, otherwise any icings, sprinkles and more may melt when applied.