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Three rows of sunny-shaped butter cookies with strawberry jam in the middle on a square black stone plate

Best Butter Cookies

These easy and best butter cookies are worth trying; the taste melts in your mouth, and they are so easy to make with simple ingredients.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine French
Servings 20 Cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 125 g soft unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour 145g
  • Pinch of salt
  • Strawberry jam

Instructions
 

  • Mix the butter with the powdered sugar, then add the egg yolk and mix until smooth and buttery.
  • Add flour and a pinch of salt, and knead just until you have a smooth butter cookie dough.
  • Fill the cookie dough into a decorating bag attached with a decorating tip. (I use 2 decorating piping tips in this recipe: the open star tip and the star tip)
  • Pipe the cookie in a small rose shape onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. With a wooden spoon, make a small hole in the middle of the cookies for the filling.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 12 minutes at 180°C (365°F) or until the cookies are light golden.
  • Fill cookies with strawberry jam (watch the above video for more instructions).
  • Store in cookies jar at room temperature.

Video

Keyword Best Butter Cookie, butter cookies, cookies