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Published Jan 24, 2021
Updated Nov 26, 2024
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The best Danish butter cookies! These Danish cookies are buttery, rich in milky and creamy flavors. This easy Danish butter cookie recipe is fail-proof.
Table of Contents
- Danish Cookies
- Danish Butter Cookies Recipe
- Secret Ingredient For The Best Danish Butter Cookies
- How To Make Danish Cookies
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What To Serve With Danish Butter Cookies
- Other Cookie Recipes You Might Like
- Danish Butter Cookies Recipe
Danish Cookies
Everyone loves those buttery, crispy and addictive Danish butter cookies in tin. They are my favorite butter cookies ever!
This Danish butter cookies recipe is absolutely the best and you have to try baking them!
Danish Butter Cookies Recipe
This recipe calls for only six (6) basic ingredients that you already have at home:
- Unsalted butter. Use a high quality butter such as Challenge brand (USA)
- Fine sugar
- Powdered sugar
- Cake flour
- Salt
- Heavy whipping cream
The method is very straight forward and novice baker friendly. The recipe is also fail-proof.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Secret Ingredient For The Best Danish Butter Cookies
The secret ingredient is heavy whipping cream. The whipping cream lends intense milky aroma and creamy flavor to the cookies.
For the flour, cake flour makes the cookies crispier with perfect texture.
The cookies taste just like Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies in blue tin that we all love so much!
Every bite transports you to cookies heaven!
How To Make Danish Cookies
The method is so simple and involves three (3) easy steps.
First, cream the butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy.
Next, add in the heavy whipping cream in 3 portion.
Add the cake flour to the butter mixture to form the cookie dough.
Pipe the dough using a star nozzle. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use salted butter?
Yes, you can use salted butter. Just skip the salt if you use salted butter.
Can I use all-purpose flour?
Yes, you can use all-purpose flour.
Can I use regular milk or regular whipping cream?
For rich, creamy and milky flavors, I strongly recommend using heavy whipping cream. You may use regular whipping cream.
If you are using milk, I suggest you use full milk.
How many calories per serving?
Each cookie is 45 calories.
What To Serve With Danish Butter Cookies
These cookies are great for holidays such as Christmas, Chinese New Year, etc. For an array of festive baking, I recommend the following recipes.
Butter Cookies
Melting Moments Cookies
Sugar Cookie Recipe
Almond Cookies
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Other Cookie Recipes You Might Like
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Thumbprint Cookies
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4.57 from 82 votes
Danish Butter Cookies
By: Bee Yinn Low
The bestDanish butter cookies! TheseDanish cookiesare buttery, rich in milky and creamy flavors. This easy Danish butter cookie recipe is fail-proof.
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 48 Cookies
Ingredients
- 125 g (4oz) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 35 g (1¼ oz) powdered sugar
- 35 g (1¼ oz) fine sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 100 ml heavy whipping cream
- 180 g (6¼ oz) cake flour, sifted
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F). In a bowl, mix together the butter, powdered sugar, fine sugar, and salt. Then whisk until well combined and fluffy.
Gradually add the whipping cream in 3 portions, beating on low speed after each addition.
Add the cake flour to the butter mixture and mix well. Then, pour the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star piping tip.
Pipe the batter onto a lined baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges turn slightly brown. Do not overbake. Let cool and store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Notes
For the best results, please use metric measurement for this Danish Butter Cookies recipe.
If you use salted butter, you can skip salt in the recipe.
Adapted from: Penang Foodie.
Nutrition
Serving: 48cookies, Calories: 45kcal, Carbohydrates: 4g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 3g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 8mg, Sodium: 13mg, Potassium: 6mg, Fiber: 0.1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 96IU, Vitamin C: 0.01mg, Calcium: 3mg, Iron: 0.04mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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