Butter cookies
Description
Perfectly pairs with tea and coffee. So incredibly simple, yet so delicious! Butter cookies don't increase in size, as their main characteristic is a crumbly texture, achieved thanks to the large amount of butter in the recipe. Be sure to use soft butter, as it will be easier to whip and will result in smooth, homogeneous dough. You can use powdered sugar not only as a decoration but also as a sweetener, if the cookies aren't sweet enough for your taste. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Beat the soft butter with a mixer for 30 seconds, then add sugar and vanilla sugar, and beat for 2-3 minutes until the mixture turns pale.
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Step 2
2. Mix room-temperature water with salt and add it to the oil mixture one teaspoon at a time, beating the mixture well with a mixer each time.
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Step 3
3. After that, beat the butter for another 3-4 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add the sifted flour and knead the dough (you can use a mixer with spiral attachments). The dough should be soft.
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Step 4
4. The cookies can be shaped by hand or piped onto a parchment-lined baking sheet using a pastry bag. Place the cookies close together on the baking sheet, as they do not expand in size during baking.
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Step 5
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 180-190 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes. Let the cookies cool and dust with powdered sugar.