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I’ve often bought butter cookies around Christmas and last year I bought a giant tin from Costco. For some reason I thought the four of us could easily demolish that tin.
Oh how wrong I was! I’m pretty sure we didn’t finish that sucker until sometime around Easter. I was NOT going to make that same mistake so when I got the recipe I was pretty excited.
Ingredients you need:
- butter
- sugar
- egg
- vanilla
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- cherries
- dark chocolate
- white chocolate
How to make Italian Butter Cookies
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
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In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
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With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix on low until ingredients are combined but DO NOT over mix!
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Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip with dough. Pipe cookies onto lined baking sheet, spacing about 2 inches apart. Press a cherry half in the center of each cookie. Or shape cookies as desired or pipe into desired shapes.
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Bake until cookies are firm and edges are lightly brown, about 10-13 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheet and cool on wire racks.
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If desired, dip cookies in melted chocolate or spread the chocolate on top and drizzle the contrasting color over it.
My long time readers will know that baking is not my strong suit- and that might be a slight understatement- but I committed to reading the recipe thoroughly before beginning.
Despite all that I still missed the part where I needed a large star tip or a cookie press. Smh! So I had to improvise with what I had which was a large round tip and my own ingenuity.
I still think the cookies turned out fantastic and I had fun getting creative with them. I just shaped the dough into circles, rectangles, and triangles with my hands and piped a snail shape and some stars. These cookies retain their shape really well without having to chill them before baking.
I topped some with the traditional cherry and others with white chocolate or dark chocolate and some with both! Booyah! It feels like Christmas and I won’t be eating these cookies till April. Double win!
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Other cookie recipes you might like:
- Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies
- Christmas Sprinkle Pudding Cookies
- Iced Peppermint Cookie Bars
- Mary Berry’s Lavender Biscuits
Italian Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- red cherries or green, cut into halves
- dark chocolate for topping/ dipping
- white chocolate for topping/ dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
- With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix on low until ingredients are combined but DO NOT over mix!
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip with dough. Pipe cookies onto lined baking sheet, spacing about 2 inches apart. Press a cherry half in the center of each cookie. Or shape cookies as desired or pipe into desired shapes.
- Bake until cookies are firm and edges are lightly brown, about 10-13 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheet and cool on wire racks.
- If desired, dip cookies in melted chocolate or spread the chocolate on top and drizzle the contrasting color over it.
Nutrition
I love buttery Christmas cookies! Italian ones make it even better!
Cathy
I’m familiar with that Costco tin of cookies and you’re right they do last for a long time, this year I think I’ll try your recipe instead, they look delicious!
I adore Costco, but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing! These cookies look delicious, and just the right amount! 🙂
Super beautiful and tasty round up of cookie glory. I don’t think I could choose just one!
I love Italian butter cookies! I think I need to make these this year.
So many great cookie recipes on the list this year!
Another cookie to make for Christmas.
I am adding this these to my cookie swap 🙂
I’ve never met a cookie I didn’t like. These look beautiful!