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Basic Butter Cookie バタークッキー

Indulge yourself with icebox butter cookies. Explore this easy butter cookie recipe with my 5 tips to achieve the perfect crumbly texture.

Basic Butter Cookie バタークッキー
Prep time
1 hr 15 min
Cook time
18 min
Yield
36 servings
Difficulty
HARD

Ingredients

Quantities are shown as originally provided.

  • 1stick/115g unsalted butter (small cubed)
  • 1/2cup/115g caster sugar
  • 1/50g medium egg (beaten)
  • 2cups/250g Cake Flour (*1)
  • 1/2cup/60g Almond flour
  • 1/2 tsp ground vanilla (*2)
  • a pinch of salt (*3 )

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse till the butter and flours are mixed and become a crumbly texture.

  2. 2

    Place the dough onto a sheet of cling wrap.

  3. 3

    Wrap the dough with cling wrap and shape the dough into a long cylinder shape 1.5 inch/4cm in diameter. *5

  4. 4

    Roll the cookie dough with a bamboo sushi mat and rest the dough in fridge at least 1 hour. *6

  5. 5

    Start to preheat the oven to 374°F/190°C. *7

  6. 6

    After the dough is rested at least one hour in fridge, remove the cling wrap and roll the dough on the granulated sugar. *8 step by step photo no9.

  7. 7

    Slice the cookie dough 0.2inch/5mm thick. *9

  8. 8

    Lay the sliced cookie dough on a silicone mat placed oven tray and bake in 356°F/180°C , middle rack for about 18 minutes. *10

  9. 9

    Cool cookies on a cooling rack.

  10. 10

    Soften the butter in room temperature in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer.

  11. 11

    Add sugar and beat with whisking attachment.

  12. 12

    Add egg into the bowl and mix in three different times. *11

  13. 13

    Sift and add the flour into the bowl. Change the attachment to the beater attachment and combine the cookie dough.

  14. 14

    From this point same as the food processor process.

Original from chopstickchronicles.com

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