31/01/2023

Butter Cookies Recipe | Food of Portugal

These delicious and simple butter cookies are perfect for breakfast with a refreshing orange juice! Your kids will love it!

These delicious butter cookies are so simple to make and are perfect any time of the year. Once the dough is made, simply shape small portions of dough, brush with melted butter and bake for about 15 minutes. Leave to cool, decorate with icing sugar and serve. Enjoy your meal!!!

INGREDIENTS FOR THIS RECIPE

Here you will find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:

● Egg – Makes cookies softer and chewier.
● Lemon zest – Adds a very nice fresh flavor.
● All purpose flour – Gives consistency to biscuits and forms the base of the dough.
● Granulated sugar – Sweetness and flavor.
● Butter – Makes cookies soft and tastier.
● Salt – Highlights all other flavors.
● Granulated sugar - For garnish.

Below is the correct measurement of all the ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.

HOW TO MAKE BUTTER COOKIES:

Step 1: Beat the sugar and melted butter until you get a creamy mixture. Add the egg, lemon zest, a pinch of salt and mix for 2 minutes until well incorporated. Add the flour and fold with a spatula until you get a smooth paste.

Step 2: Cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

Step 3: Preheat oven to 150 ° C (300ºF). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 4: Take the bowl out of the fridge and shape small portions of dough with your hands. Brush with melted butter and bake for about 15 minutes. butter-cookies-6-9662261

5nd step : Turn off the oven and let cool completely. Garnish with powdered sugar and serve the cookies with tea or coffee. butter-cookies-2-5501523

TIPS FOR THIS RECIPE

1. Place the oven rack in the middle. This allows the hot air to circulate evenly around the cookies, resulting in even baking.

2. When placing the cookies on the parchment paper, leave some distance between them so they don't stick together when they start cooking.

3. Never open the oven door while cookies are baking. The temperature of the kitchen is always lower than the temperature of the oven, what will happen is that the temperature of the oven will drop and the risk of the cookies leaking increases.

4. Turn off the oven and leave the cookies in the oven for another 5 minutes.

5. Do not fully open the oven door, leave the door open about 10 to 15 centimeters (4 inches to 6 inches) and wait another 5 or 10 minutes for the heat to penetrate the kitchen and there is no temperature shock.

Table of contents

Butter cookies

These delicious and simple butter cookies are perfect for breakfast with a refreshing orange juice! Your kids will love it!

About Pedro barbosa

Servings:: 20 units

Preparation time:
30 meters

Cooking time:
15 meters

Total time:
1h45

Ingredients

1 medium egg
The zest of a 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 for brushing the cookies
Powdered sugar for garnish

instructions

Using an electric mixer, beat the sugar and melted butter on medium speed until you obtain a very creamy mixture. Add the egg, lemon zest, a pinch of salt and mix for 2 minutes until well incorporated. Add the flour and fold with a spatula until you get a smooth paste.
Cover the bowl with cling film and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 150 ° C (300ºF). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Take the bowl out of the fridge and shape small portions of dough with your hands. 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.

% DAILY VALUE

Calories 89

Total fat 2,5g (4%)

Saturated fat 0g (0%)

Cholestérol 15mg(5%)

Sodium 27mg(1%)

Total carbohydrates 15,5g (5%)

Protein 1,5g