Danish Butter Cookies
These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are a Danish delight! Made with simple ingredients, they offer a crispy texture and rich flavor. Choose vanilla or chocolate, and enjoy them plain or get creative with decorations!
Servings: 40 cookies
Calories: 129kcal
Ingredients
- 226 g unsalted butter softened
- 100 g caster sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tbsp double cream chilled
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 250 g cake flour
- 32 g corn flour
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Line two baking pans with parchment paper.
Prepare the cookie dough
- Cream the butter in a mixing bowl using a spatula.
- Add in sugar and mix. Then continue to mix using a hand held mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy.
- Mix in egg yolks, double cream and vanilla extract and continue to beat until well combined. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl if needed.
- Sift in cake flour, corn flour and sea salt.
- Mix using a spatula first then with a hand held mixer until just combined.
- Divide the dough in half using a kitchen scale for accuracy.
- Mix the cocoa powder into one half to create chocolate dough.
Pipe the cookies
- Place each flavour into a separate piping bag.
- Cut a hole at the top of a new piping bag and insert an open star piping tip.
- Cut a hole at the top of the vanilla dough bag. Place it into the bag with piping tip.
- Start piping on a lined baking pan in a circular motion to create a swirl-shaped cookie. Continue to pipe spaching each cookie an inch apart.
- Swap the vanilla dough bag with the chocolate dough bag and continue to pipe the cookies onto a lined baking pan.
- Place the piped cookies in the freezer until they firm.
Bake and Cool the cookies
- Bake the cookies in a preheated oven for about 18 to 20 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let them sit on a baking pan for around 5 to 10 minutes.
- Transfer them on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Serve them with a cup of coffee. Enjoy!
Video
Notes
- Watch my video tutorial to see how I made the cookies in action.
- Keep the cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Freeze the piped cookies in the freezer for up to a month.
- You can use any piping tip you have on hand.
- Due to the cookies are frozen, the baking time might be different. Keep an eye on them!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.2g | Protein: 2.1g | Fat: 8.2g | Saturated Fat: 4.7g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 522mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3.2g | Vitamin D: 11mcg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg