Cookie Recipes - Perfect Party Cookies Recipe

  
 

Butter Cookie Recipes - Perfect Party Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup/250 g butter, softened

  • 1/2 cup/75 g confectioners'/icing sugar

  • 1 1/4 cups/180 g all purpose flour

  • 1/8 tsp salt 

LEMON GLAZE:

  • 1/3 cup/50 g confectioners'/icing sugar

  • 2-3 tsp fresh lemon juice

  • 1 tbsp sugar confetti (available at specialty baking stores)

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Lightly oil two cookie sheets.

  2. Beat the butter and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

  3. With mixer at low speed, gradually beat in the flour and salt. Continue beating for 2-3 minutes until smooth and light. Fit a pastry bag with a 3/4-inch (2-cm) star tip.

  4. Fill the pastry bag, twist the opening tightly closed, and squeeze 2-inch (5-cm) lines and rosettes spacing them 2 inches (5 cm) apart on the prepared cookie sheets.

  5. Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool the cookies on the sheet for 1 minute. Transfer to racks to cool.

  6. Lemon Glaze: Sift the confectioners' sugar into a small bowl and mix with the lemon juice until smooth. Drizzle over the cookies. Sprinkle with the confetti.