In this Instructable, learn how to make Danish Butter Cookies at home. This easy homemade butter cookies recipe is awesome! If you like shortbread cookies you will love Danish butter cookies. If I can do it, you can do it. Let's get baking!

Danish butter cookies or (Danish biscuits) are similar to shortbread cookies and originated in Denmark.

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Follow the easy steps below or watch the video tutorial or do both!

Step 1: Danish Butter Cookies: Ingredients and Tools/Equipment

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of softened, unsalted butter, can use salted (57g)
1/2 cup of powdered sugar, granulated sugar can be used (50g)
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract, you can use 1 full tsp as well (3ml)
1/8 tsp of salt (less than 1 g)
1 cup of all-purpose or cake flour (120g)

Tools/Equipment

Mixer
Bowl
Sifter
Spatula
Fork
Sheet pan
Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
Piping bag and tip, optional

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Step 2: Cream Butter and Sugar.

Preheat the oven to 325 F/162 C

Add the softened butter to a large bowl along with the powdered sugar. You can use granulated sugar, if you do, I recommend only using 1/3 cup. But you certainly can use a half cup of it as well.

Mix the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes. This will give it enough time to get light and fluffy and the sugar will dissolve in the butter creating a better texture for the cookie.

Step 3: Finishing the Cookie Dough

Next mix in the vanilla extract. Add the flour to a sifter along with the salt or just add them to a separate bowl and give them a good mix.

Add about a third of the flour mixture to the large bowl and mix, then repeat until all of the flour is incorporated and you have nice soft cookie dough.

TIP: You can add an egg to the dough, which will produce a smoother texture and make it easier to pipe, but you can also keep it entirely eggless if you want.

Form the dough into a long loaf which makes it easier to put in the piping bag.

Step 4: Pipe and Bake

Add the cookie dough to a piping bag with a large tip. I typically use the Wilton 1M or the Ateco 847.

Then you can pipe your circle design on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. If you don't want to use a piping bag, take a small amount of dough and roll it into a ball. Then press it flat with your palm. Use a fork and press it around. That is one design you can do.

Danish Butter Cookies come in all sorts of designs, but the wreath shape or "flower" shape is probably the most common. Make them however you want. :)

A lot of times they have large granulated sugar sprinkled on as well. You can certainly do that if you like or normal granulated sugar.

Bake on the middle rack again at 325F for 12 to 18 minutes until slightly golden brown on the edges.