Christmas Butter Cookies
These fun and festive Christmas butter cookies are perfect for your next holiday party or Christmas cookie exchange. They are rich, delicious and easy to make.
Equipment
- 1M Star piping tips
- cookie sheet
- Hand or Stand Mixer
- Wooden spoon or spatula
- measuring cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups Flour
- .5 teaspoon Salt
- 1 Cup Softened Butter
- .25 Cup Sugar
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 whole Egg
- 2 tablespoon Milk
- .5 cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- .5 cup White chocolate chips
- .25 cup Holiday Sprinkles
Instructions
- Grease your cookie sheets with non stick cooking spray or butter. Or, line with parchment paper.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add 1 cup of butter and .25 cup of sugar to the mixing bowl. Mix at medium high speed for 2 - 3 minutes to cream them together. It should be smooth, light and fluffy.
- Add 1 egg, 3 tablespoons of milk and 2 teaspoons of vanilla to the mixing bowl. Mix on medium speed for a minute or until well combined.
- Turn the mixer on low and slowly add in 2.5 cups of flour and .5 teaspoon of salt. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Mix until smooth and well combined.
- Transfer the dough into the piping bag with the large star tip on the end.
- Pipe the dough into small circular spirals onto the baking sheet and then place in the freezer to chill for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the freezer and bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until edges are firm.
- Remove from the oven and allow to completely cool (around 10 minutes).
- While cookies are cooking, melt the chocolate for dipping. Place .5 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips in a bowl and heat in the microwave at 30 second intervals until just melted and smooth.
- Repeat above step with .5 cup of white chocolate chips.
- Dip cookies into the melted chocolate, just half of the cookie should be dipped. Make sure to remove any excess before laying the cookie back down.
- Sprinkle holiday sprinkles onto the chocolate before it dries.
- Make sure chocolate completely dries and hardens before moving cookies.
Notes
Tips
- Chill once piped - make sure to chill the cookies once you have piped them onto the cookie sheet. This ensures they will not spread as much and will keep their fancy looking peaks from the star tip.
- Allow chocolate to cool - once you have dipped the cookies in the melted chocolate, make sure that you carefully scrape excess off on the side of the dish or allow it to drip off before setting the cookie down. Then, allow the chocolate to completely cool and harden before moving the cookies.
- Allow cookies to cool - before dipping cookies in chocolate make sure they have completely cooled. Warm cookies are more likely to crumble when you dip them in the chocolate as they won't be fully set and firm.
- Storage - keep cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for around 5 days. Or freeze for up to a year.
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Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.