Description
Deliciously soft and sweet butter cookies perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1⅔ cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- optional chocolate chips, melted chocolate, sprinkles, sanding sugar, or nonpareils for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Arrange oven rack in center of oven.
- Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer on medium speed, cream your butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt, mixing just until combined.
- Turn the mixer to low and add the flour, mixing just until incorporated.
- Fill the cookie press and press the cookies onto a cool baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 6 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let the cookies cool for 3-4 minutes before moving them to a wire rack.
- Wait for the cookies to fully cool before dunking or drizzling them with chocolate or powdered sugar glaze.
- Decorate with sprinkles, sanding sugar, or nonpareils immediately after.
- If you want to decorate without dunking or drizzling, simply speckle with sprinkles, sanding sugar, or nonpareils before placing them in the oven to bake.
Notes
- Make sure the butter is softened to room temperature for easier mixing.
- For best results, use a cookie press to get the perfect shape.
- Feel free to experiment with different types of decorations.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cookies
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 25mg