Butter cookies—also known as Dutch biscuits—are delicious, crispy cookies that are quick and easy to make. Even better, the recipe only uses pantry staples! These Butter Cookies have such a light texture that they almost melt in your mouth!

Ingredients of Butter Cookies

It's 50 grams of Butter (unsalted or cultured).
Prepare 50 grams of White or powdered sugar.
It's 1/2 of Egg.
You need 130 grams of Cake flour.

Butter Cookies instructions

Combine softened butter, sugar, egg and sifted cake flour in a bowl in that order, and mix..
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour..
If you are making a chocolate version, use 115 g of cake flour and add 15 g of cocoa..
Roll the dough out to 4mm thick, and cut the cookies into whatever shapes you like. Bake for around 15 minutes in a 340F/170℃ oven..
For icebox cookies: After you have made the dough in Step 1, roll into a tube and chill in the freezer. After it has hardened, coat the outside in granulated sugar..
Cut the dough into 5 mm slices and line them up on a baking tray. Make a slight indentation in the middle. Bake for around 18 minutes in a 340F/170℃ oven..
They're done. I used a cat-shaped cutter, so I drew the faces on them with chocolate..
This is an icebox cookie version. They are simple and delicious..

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