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Danish Salted Butter Cookies

Danish Salted Butter Cookies

I’m not traditionally a baker. I’m more of a ‘pinch of this’ and ‘dash of that’ type of person which doesn’t work well with baking. But when it comes to the Christmas season I’m all about baking. I put on my Pandora Christmas station, dance around my kitchen and really get in the holiday mood. I know some of you are probably the same way! I’m doing a girls-baking day this upcoming weekend with a few people in my family so I thought I’d warm up my baking skills this past weekend by making Danish Salted Butter Cookies.

Danish Salted Butter Cookies

These cookies are a lot like those cookies that you buy in the blue tin from your local pharmacy/all-purpose store. I used to love those as a kid! BUT these cookies are much better because they feature Rodelle Vanilla Paste which is the easiest way to infuse vanilla beans into all of your baking. Since trying this out I really want to only use their vanilla paste in place of vanilla extract in all of my baking. It really gives an intense vanilla flavor without the hassle of scraping out the beans.

Danish Salted Butter Cookies

These cookies are really easy to make but you must prepare ahead of time because the dough needs to sit overnight. The cutters that I had on hand were square with scalloped edges which seemed to work well but you can use circles too. These cookies turn out dense and delicious and are perfectly crisp with every bite. My husband has been sneaking his fair share of cookies since these entered my kitchen.

Danish Salted Butter Cookies

If you need a little holiday baking inspiration Rodelle is featuring cookie recipes all month long over on their website! They are also offering up a vanilla baking package to one of my lucky readers to help you bake more flavorful cookies this holiday season! You can enter for your chance to win your own Vanilla Paste to try (and fall in love with) and some other goodies to help improve your cookie game.  Try out my recipe for Danish Salted Butter Cookies, enter for your chance to win and head over to the Rodelle website for more inspiration!

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Danish Salted Butter Cookies
 
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Author: April | Food n' Focus
Serves: 3 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Rodelle Vanilla Paste
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more
  • 1 cup white sanding sugar
Instructions
  1. Combine butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl; add in vanilla paste. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in 1 egg. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in 2 cups flour. Form dough into a ¾"-thick disk. Wrap in plastic and chill until firm, about 2 hours or overnight.
  2. Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat to 350°. Let disk of dough sit at room temperature until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Roll out on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper, shifting often on sheet and dusting with more flour as needed to keep from sticking, until about ¼" thick.
  3. Punch out rounds with large cutter; punch out centers with smaller cutter. Transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 1½" apart. Pat scraps into a ¾"-thick disk. Chill 15 minutes.
  4. Beat remaining egg in a small bowl with 1 tsp. water; brush cookies with egg wash; sprinkle with sanding sugar. Freeze 10 minutes. Bake, rotating baking sheets halfway through, until edges are golden brown, 10–15 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; let cool. Repeat with scraps and remaining egg wash and sanding sugar.
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  1. susan smoaks says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:06 am

    I love gingerbread cookies. they are my favorite

    Reply
  2. Stephanie Phelps says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:07 am

    I am a huge fan of sugar cookies with lots of Christmas sprinkles!

    Reply
  3. Calshondra Williams says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:20 am

    My favorite holiday cookies are decorated sugar cookies.

    Reply
  4. kathy eyre says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:28 am

    I am still a sucker for traditional chocolate chip cookies

    Reply
  5. Linda Lujan says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:29 am

    Our favorite holiday cookies are chocolate sandwich cookie truffles, which we call Reindeer poop!

    Reply
  6. Elena says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:30 am

    I like the gingerbread cookie

    Reply
  7. Lauren W says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:41 am

    My favorite cookie is Mint Chocolate Chip!

    Reply
  8. Michel says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:50 am

    peppermint bark cookies are my favorite

    Reply
  9. Vickie says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:58 am

    Love Rodelle..the best quality..and, love butter cookies too..my moms favorite. Yours look so pretty and different..love the shape.
    It’s impossible for me to pick one favorite Christmas cookie..haha.
    But, I think my pecan tassies are up there at the top.
    Thanks

    Reply
  10. Vickie says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:05 am

    Well..darn..having a hard time entering..I’m doing everything..nothing is taking..I am baffled..
    Tweeted too..comment etc..check if off and come back and showing I’ve enter nothing. Hummm

    Reply
    • Food n' Focus says

      December 6, 2017 at 12:12 pm

      I’m sorry for the error. It should be fixed now.

      Reply
  11. Tim says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:29 am

    Oatmeal scotchies are my favorite, specifically the handful of butterscotch chips I eat before we make them.

    Reply
  12. Cheryl Chervitz says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:56 am

    I make a sugar cookie that has sour cream in it. They come out delicious and soft.

    Reply
    • Food n' Focus says

      December 6, 2017 at 10:25 am

      Yum!!!!

      Reply
  13. kl says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:27 am

    what cute cookies

    Reply
  14. Audrey Stewart says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:29 am

    We love the sugar cookies. We make them in different shapes, and we decorate them with the kids.

    Reply
  15. SHARYL A WOLTER says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:33 am

    My favorite Christmas cookies are gingerbread men and Almond Roca squares.

    Reply
  16. Lynne says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:38 am

    I always loved the butter cookies that my mom made.

    Reply
  17. Angela Thomas says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:43 am

    We love to make two kinds of cookies every year, thumb print and wedding cookies. My girls don’t think it’s Christmas until we have baked both!

    Reply
  18. Amy Gibby says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:44 am

    I love cake mix cookies because there are endless combinations and possibilities! During the holidays I generally make spice cake mix cookies because it just feels right for this time of year 🙂

    Reply
  19. carol clark says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:09 am

    i love sugar cookies with crused soft peppermint on top

    Reply
  20. Kate D. says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:09 am

    My favorite holiday cookies are spritz cookies.

    Reply
  21. Heather says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:21 am

    I love to make s a chocolate Andes mint cookie over the holidays! Your cookies are beautiful!

    Reply
  22. rana durham says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:38 am

    i love frosted sugar cookies.

    Reply
  23. Karen D says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:45 am

    It’s butter spritz or pizelles. Can’t decide between the two!

    Reply
  24. Marty says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:59 am

    My favorite are bourbon and rum balls. My dad used to make these every holiday season, along with trays and trays of baklava.

    Reply
  25. Laura S says

    December 6, 2017 at 12:15 pm

    I just made Spritz cookies for the first time and absolutely loved them!!

    Reply
  26. Susan Christy says

    December 6, 2017 at 12:16 pm

    My favorite is the Archway Copycat recipe for Cashew Nougat Cookies.

    Reply
  27. Sharon says

    December 6, 2017 at 12:57 pm

    We love the sugar covered Mexican wedding cookies with bits of pecans.

    Reply
  28. MaryB says

    December 6, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    Ginger cookies and sugar cookies are my favorite holiday cookies.

    Reply
  29. Polly Hall says

    December 6, 2017 at 1:52 pm

    My favorite Christmas cookie is our family recipe of Dutch Santa Cookies.

    Reply
  30. Melissa Storms says

    December 6, 2017 at 2:02 pm

    I love butter spritz cookies the most.

    Reply
    • Food n' Focus says

      December 7, 2017 at 8:41 am

      One of my favorites too!

      Reply
  31. Marty says

    December 6, 2017 at 2:15 pm

    I like bourbon balls or iced/decorated cookies (but someone else has to ice them!)

    Reply
  32. Bianca T says

    December 6, 2017 at 2:38 pm

    gingerbread men!!

    Reply
  33. Lauren says

    December 6, 2017 at 3:09 pm

    I like gingerbread cookies.

    Reply
  34. Kelly says

    December 6, 2017 at 3:12 pm

    I love any cookie, but I enjoy making sugar cookie cut outs during the holidays and decorating with my kids

    Reply
  35. Tara T. says

    December 6, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    My favorite is sugar cookies.

    Reply
  36. Alina says

    December 6, 2017 at 4:56 pm

    I bake German Chocolate cookies annually during the holiday season.

    Reply
  37. MICHAEL CHEVILLOT says

    December 6, 2017 at 6:00 pm

    Molasses cookies with a cherry in the middle

    Reply
  38. Kayte CookWatts says

    December 6, 2017 at 6:15 pm

    I love Mexican Wedding cookies! My mom used to make them every Christmas and I thought they were so fancy.

    Reply
  39. Rita Anderson says

    December 6, 2017 at 6:36 pm

    My favorite Holiday cookie is gingerbread!

    Reply
  40. Lisa V. says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:42 pm

    My favorite holiday cookies: spritz cookies (they look so pretty and are so buttery and good!).

    Reply
  41. Lisa Babs says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    I love most cookies. But for Christmas I love traditional sugar cookies and Italian Anisette Cookies.

    Reply
  42. Kelly M says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:37 pm

    I love soft sugar cookies with sour cream icing!

    Reply
    • Food n' Focus says

      December 7, 2017 at 8:40 am

      Yes! One of my favorites too!

      Reply
  43. Denise Johnson says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:40 pm

    I love gingerbread cookies.

    Reply
  44. Annamarie V says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:34 pm

    My favorite holiday cookies are Russian Tea cakes, my mother in law makes them every year.

    Reply
  45. April says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:41 pm

    I love iced cut-out sugar cookies at Christmas.

    Reply
  46. Sharon says

    December 7, 2017 at 12:10 am

    Snickerdoodles are an alltime favorite.

    Reply
  47. Lindsay A. says

    December 7, 2017 at 12:55 am

    I love making almond crescents, as well as variations of swig-type cookies with almond extract added!

    Reply
  48. Natalie J Vandenberghe says

    December 7, 2017 at 12:58 am

    Sugar cookies are my favorite holiday cookie–probably because my kids (and now grandchildren) enjoy decorating them. So many happy memories.

    Reply
  49. Mary Gardner says

    December 7, 2017 at 2:29 am

    I enjoy making gingerbread cookies and having the kids decorate them.

    Reply
  50. Staci A says

    December 7, 2017 at 6:54 am

    My mom’s chocolate chip cookies are my favorite at the holidays.

    Reply
  51. Tim says

    December 7, 2017 at 8:09 am

    My sister sends me cookies every year, and last year she sent me one with Butterfinger chips in it. That was my favorite of that batch, at least.

    Reply
    • Food n' Focus says

      December 7, 2017 at 8:39 am

      These sound tasty!

      Reply
  52. Julie says

    December 7, 2017 at 8:46 am

    I love peppermint cookies

    Reply
  53. Latonya Ramsey says

    December 7, 2017 at 1:44 pm

    Ima gingerbread man fan

    Reply
  54. Heather says

    December 7, 2017 at 2:53 pm

    My mum’s moldy mice!

    Reply
    • Food n' Focus says

      December 8, 2017 at 6:26 am

      Haha, I’m really curious what these are!!!

      Reply
  55. Sharon says

    December 7, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    I like sugar cookies decorated with Christmas colored icing.

    Reply
  56. Anne says

    December 7, 2017 at 9:44 pm

    My favorite holiday cookies are gingerbread cookies, whether cut into the traditional people shapes or into stars or other shapes. It’s the only time of year I make them, so I totally associate them with Christmastime.

    Reply
  57. Tim says

    December 8, 2017 at 8:38 am

    I like chocolate chip cookies that also uses cocoa in the dough.

    Reply
  58. Emily says

    December 8, 2017 at 2:12 pm

    I love Russian Tea cakes. It’s the only time in the year I eat those.

    Reply
  59. Karen D says

    December 8, 2017 at 2:19 pm

    I really like butter spritz cookies and vanilla pizelles..

    Reply
  60. Dominique Brooks says

    December 9, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    Sugar Cookies — either iced or plain!

    Reply
  61. Tim says

    December 10, 2017 at 6:25 am

    Our kids like sugar cookie cutouts because they get to help decorate them.

    Reply
  62. Noelle Carroll says

    December 10, 2017 at 10:34 am

    It might sound boring, but I love Peanut Butter cookies. We have a grocery store that makes the best peanut butter cookies, I still haven’t mastered the recipe, mine always turn out thin and crispy and I like the big thick chewy ones!

    Reply
  63. Melissa Johnson says

    December 10, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    I love applesauce chocolate chip cookies! I had an amazing recipe i got from an old friend”s mom but I lost it somewhere. ☹

    Reply
  64. Tim says

    December 11, 2017 at 8:22 am

    I also like white chocolate cookies with macadamia nuts.

    Reply
  65. jberry says

    December 12, 2017 at 7:04 am

    Torn, Snickerdoodle or my moms’ Nut Butter Thumbprints.

    Reply
  66. Julie Terry says

    December 12, 2017 at 5:32 pm

    I love peanut butter cookies

    Reply
  67. Amy Z. says

    December 12, 2017 at 8:08 pm

    I love ginger molasses cookies!

    Reply
  68. Eileen Boyce says

    December 12, 2017 at 8:44 pm

    Chocolate chip is my favorite.

    Reply
  69. Marty says

    December 13, 2017 at 11:54 am

    My favorite isn’t fancy, but I love them because my grandmother made them every year — bourbon balls.

    Reply

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