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A plate of Christmas butter cookies, some with chocolate and sprinkles.
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Christmas Butter Cookies

Christmas Butter Cookies are soft and buttery with golden crisp edges and a light and fluffy center. Every bite melts in your mouth - perfect to add to your Christmas Dessert Charcuterie Board or to take to holiday exchange parties!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas Butter Cookies
Servings: 32 servings
Calories: 70kcal
Author: Kasey Schwartz

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Electric hand mixer or stand mixer
  • Measuring cup
  • measuring spoons
  • 2 baking trays
  • Parchment paper
  • Large piping bag
  • Large star piping tip

Ingredients

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 10 Tablespoon butter softened
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ⅔ cups cake flour

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 375ºF and line two baking trays with parchment paper.
  • Add the sugar, butter, and salt to a bowl and cream them together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. You want the butter and sugar mix to be almost white so beat for about 5 minutes.
    ½ cup granulated sugar, 10 Tablespoon butter, ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Add the egg, milk, and vanilla and stir well to combine.
    1 egg, 1 Tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Add ½ cup of cake flour and stir gently. Add another ½ cup of cake flour and stir again. Add the final ⅔ cup of cake flour and mix into a thick, sticky batter. Adding the flour in parts ensures that the cookie dough is not over-mixed and stays nice and soft.
    1 ⅔ cups cake flour
  • Scoop the cookie dough into a large piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe the cookies onto the parchment-lined trays. You can pipe the cookies into any shape you’d like. Spirals/rosettes are the most classic shape! No matter what shape you choose, try to keep the cookies about 2” in size.
  • Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. The edges will be slightly golden brown but the cookies will still be a little pale in the center.
  • Let the cookies cool on the tray for 5 minutes then move to a cooling rack.

Notes

  • You can sprinkle the cookies with holiday sprinkles before baking for an easy, pretty decoration.
  • You can also dip the baked cookie into melted chocolate and then add festive sprinkles on the chocolate side of the cookie.
  • If the cookie dough is too stiff to pipe, add up to ¼ cup milk to soften it.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 49mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 118IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.1mg