These delicious and simple butter cookies are perfect for breakfast with a refreshing orange juice! Your kids will love it!
These tasty butter cookies are so simple to make and are perfect to make any time of the year. Once the dough is made, just shape small portions of the dough, brush with melted butter and bake for about 15 minutes. Allow to cool, garnish with powdered sugar and serve. Bon appetit!!!
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INGREDIENTS FOR THIS RECIPE
Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:
- Egg - Makes the cookies more soft and fluffy.
- Lemon zest - Adds a very nice fresh flavor.
- All-purpose flour - Give consistency to the cookies and is the base of the dough.
- Granulated sugar - Sweetness and flavor.
- Butter - Makes the cookies soft and tastier.
- Salt - Highlights all the other flavors.
- Powdered sugar - For garnish.
Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.
HOW TO MAKE BUTTER COOKIES
Step 1: Beat the sugar and the melted butter until obtain a quite creamy mixture. Add the egg, lemon zest, a pinch of salt and mix for 2 minutes until it's nicely incorporated. Add the flour and fold with a spatula until obtain a consistent dough.
Step 2: Cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Step 3: Preheat the oven to 150ºC (300ºF). Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Step 4: Remove the bowl from the fridge and shape with your hands small portions of the dough. Brush with melted butter and bake for about 15 minutes.
Step 5: Turn off the oven and let cool completely. Garnish with powdered sugar and serve the cookies with tea or coffee.
TIPS FOR BUTTER COOKIES
1. Place the oven rack in the middle. This allows the hot air to circulate evenly around the cookies, resulting in even cooking.
2. When placing the cookies on the parchment paper, leave some distance between them so they don't stick to each other when they start baking.
3. Never open the oven door while cookies are baking. The kitchen temperature is always lower than the oven temperature, what will happen is that the oven temperature will drop and the risk of the cookies sinks increases.
4. Turn off the oven and leave the cookies in the oven for another 5 minutes.
5. Do not open the oven door all the way, leave the door open about 10 to 15 centimeters (4 inches to 6 inches) and wait another 5 or 10 minutes so that the heat enters the kitchen and there is no temperature shock.
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Butter cookies
These delicious and simple butter cookies are perfect for breakfast with a refreshing orange juice! Your kids will love it!
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- 1 medium egg
- Zest of one lemon
- 225 grams (1 2/3 cups) all-purpose flour
- 150 grams (2/3 cup) granulated sugar
- 125 grams (1/2 cup) melted butter
- A pinch of salt
- Melted butter to brush the cookies
- Powdered sugar for garnish
- In an electric mixer, beat on medium speed the sugar and the melted butter until obtain a quite creamy mixture. Add the egg, lemon zest, a pinch of salt and mix for 2 minutes until it's nicely incorporated. Add the flour and fold with a spatula until obtain a consistent dough.
- Cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 150ºC (300ºF). Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Remove the bowl from the fridge and shape with your hands small portions of the dough. Brush with melted butter and bake for about 15 minutes.
- Turn off the oven and let cool completely. Garnish with powdered sugar and serve the cookies with tea or coffee.
