DANISH BUTTER COOKIES

Danish Butter cookies are crisp and buttery cookies made with butter, flour, sugar, eggs & vanilla. Perfect holiday cookies for gift giving & sharing with friends and neighbors.

The iconic Danish butter cookies, the ones that come in that blue round tin box (that later will contain the mandatory sewing kit), are incredibly flavorful, with the right amount of crunch and a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Royal Dansk butter cookies are known for having an incredibly soft buttery and vanilla taste, and being the ultimate vanilla cookie treat for Christmas.  

Today I’m sharing with you the well-researched, tried, and true recipe for making your own blue tin cookies. They’re perfect to make during the holiday season and to have ready when guests come over. They’re also great to give as gifts to friends and family (incredibly delicious gifts if you ask me!)

What Are Danish Cookies?

These butter delights are original from Denmark and are made with very simple ingredients, with a high content in butter and sugar, so they have a very distinct sweet butter flavor. 

They are slightly crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Often flavored with vanilla, but also with coconut or chocolate. Today I’m sharing with you the basic recipe with vanilla flavor.

They come in a variety of shapes: round, pretzel-like, rings, rosettes… all of them equally delicious.

Danish Cookies Ingredients

-Butter: You will need 1 cup of room temperature butter (this is two sticks). 

-All-purpose flour: Use 1 cup of flour for the base of the dough.

-White granulated sugar: To make these cookies sweet use ½ cup of sugar. You’ll also want some additional sugar for sprinkling on top of the cookies before baking.

-Eggs: You will need 1 egg to help bind the dough together and give a richer taste.

-Vanilla extract: Use a teaspoon of vanilla extract to make these cookies taste incredible.

-Salt: to help enhance the flavors in the cookies you will need ½ teaspoon of salt.

How to Make Danish Butter Cookies

DANISH BUTTER COOKIES RECIPE

Danish Butter cookies are crisp and buttery cookies made with butter, flour, sugar, eggs & vanilla. Perfect holiday cookies for gift giving & sharing with friends and neighbors.

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Course: Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine: Danish

Keyword: Danish Butter Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 40

Calories: 64kcal

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour (225 gr)
• 1 cup butter, room temperature (225 gr)
• ½ cup white granulated sugar (115 gr)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Vanilla sugar and star sprinkles for garnish on top.

Instructions

• Take the butter and the egg out of the fridge 30 minutes before making the cookies; we want them to be at room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl put the room temperature butter and mix it with the sugar with the electric mixer, until a soft cream is achieved. It will become lighter in color and fluffier.
• Add the egg, salt, and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
• Add the flour gradually sieving it through the fine mesh colander to avoid any flour lumps. Every time you add a part of the flour, mix it with the spatula, making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl and combine it well with the wet ingredients. Mix all the flour until well combined. The resulting cookie dough should be soft and sticky.
• Scoop the dough into your piping bag endowed with the star tip.
• Prepare the baking tray with oven paper. To prevent it from moving around while you are pipping the cookies, take a tiny amount of the cookie batter and put it in the corners of the baking tray, and then lay the oven paper on top. This will stick the oven paper to the baking tray.
• Pipe the cookies into circles, rosettes, and/or rectangles. Pipe all of them more or less the same size, so they cook evenly. Mine are around 2 inches.
• Sprinkle your cookies with vanilla sugar or sprinkles.
• Bake for 12 minutes until the edges are light golden brown. Let cool completely before storing. Enjoy!

Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Cookies can be frozen in a similar manner for up to 2 months. 

Nutrition

Calories: 64kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 71mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 148IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg

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How long are danish cookies good for?

These cookies will last for up to 5 days if they are kept properly stored. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature. You can also keep them stored in the fridge if desired but the shelf life remains about the same, the only difference is a chilled cookie.

Fun variation ideas

You can dip your cookies in milk, white or dark chocolate, also once they are out of the oven you can add some raspberry jam on the center for a classic cookie look. Do not add the jam before they go into the oven, otherwise, it will spread and make a mess. 

Check out these other great butter cookie recipes

• ESPRESSO BUTTER COOKIES
• PEPPERMINT BUTTER COOKIES
• CHERRY BUTTER COOKIES
• WHITE CHOCOLATE BUTTER COOKIES

Incredibly delicious and easy to make Danish butter cookies & perfect for the Christmas season! Light, crisp cookies with a fabulous vanilla butter everyone enjoys!