Danish Butter Cookies

Name: Danish Butter Cookies
Yield: Makes about 20
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) best-quality salted butter, room temperature; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 large egg; 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Recipe photo courtesy of Mike Krautter

Just like the ones sold in those iconic blue tins but Martha's are even tastier! The secret is using the best-quality salted butter you can find.

Source: Martha Bakes, Episode 901

Makes about 20

Yield

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) best-quality salted butter, room temperature
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and confectioners' sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add vanilla and egg, and beat to combine. Gradually add flour, and beat until well incorporated. Transfer dough to a pastry bag fitted with a 7/16-inch star tip (such as Ateco #825).
3. Pipe 2 1/2-inch rings onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spaced 2 inches apart. Bake, rotating halfway through, until lightly golden around edges but still light on top, about 20 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely.

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dowacker

17 APR, 2019

Made these today after watching an episode of Martha Bakes. I read the comments and used 1/4 less flour and added 2 tablespoons of super fine sugar. I also prickled colored sugars on top. Very festive. Love love this recipe.
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hatboi_2005

8 JAN, 2019

What absolute rubbish! A friend said he wanted some of these, so I decided I’d go to Martha to get my recipe, NEVER AGAIN! I absolutely wasted all of that butter, flour, sugar, vanilla and egg! It was thicker than Play-Dough! Absolutely un-pipeable! I ended up throwing the entire batch in the trash without even baking them!
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lisasweetcamb

15 DEC, 2018

These were much to delicate and grainy. They I found the dough quite easy to pipe but the final product is much too delicate and grainy and doesn’t hold together well. Also not enough sweetness. Sprinkling sugar on top might help.
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carleyworm9085956

24 SEP, 2018

They are tasty but do NOT taste like Danish butter cookies, they taste and have the consistency of whipped shortbread.
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kimcaudill19

24 FEB, 2018

These were fantastic! The dough was a little stiff to pipe, but I used my manual cookie press and it worked well. I honestly wasn't expecting them to be so similar to the cookies in the blue tins, but they are nearly identical. I may sprinkle some with coarse sugar next time to mimic the different varieties.
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