Ah, the holidays: that wonderful time of the year marked by an ubiquity of iconic blue tins filled with those delicate, buttery Danish shortbread cookies. Declare your love for the Dansk® by adding your personal twist to this homemade version! Cookies can be made 1 day ahead and stored in an airtight container before dipping in chocolate. Yes, chocolate! Get excited.
Provided by TheOtherJuliaGulia
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Scandinavian
Time 2h35m
Yield 84
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C), with racks in the upper and lower third. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, sugar, and baking soda together in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Beat butter using the paddle attachment of an electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 1 1/2 minutes. Gradually add flour mixture and beat on medium-low speed until just combined, about 2 minutes. Divide dough into quarters.
- Working with one quarter at a time, roll dough between 2 large sheets of parchment until 1/8-inch thick. Chill between the parchment on a baking sheet until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Cut out enough cookies to fill the 2 baking sheets with 2-by-1 1/2-inch rectangles or your desired shapes. Arrange 1 inch apart on the sheets. Brush tops of cookies with some of the egg and sprinkle evenly with a portion of turbinado sugar. Keep unused dough in the fridge.
- Bake cookies, 2 sheets at a time, until pale golden, 14 to 15 minutes, rotating pans after 7 minutes. Let cookies cool on sheets for about 5 minutes, then carefully move them to a wire rack to cool completely before dipping. Cut, brush, and bake the remaining cookie dough in the meantime.
- Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 30-second intervals until melted and smooth, about 1 1/2 minutes. Either dip cookies halfway in chocolate mixture and let excess drip off, or use a fork and drizzle chocolate Jackson Pollack-style over cookies over a parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle salt over chocolate. Let rest until chocolate sets, about 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 90.2 calories, Carbohydrate 10.1 g, Cholesterol 13.8 mg, Fat 5.4 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 143.1 mg, Sugar 5.4 g
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Nishal Stha
[email protected]These cookies are delicious! The perfect balance of sweetness and butteriness.
Shehreen Ghaznavi
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now and they're always a hit. Everyone loves them!
leroy denis
[email protected]These cookies are amazing! They're so buttery and crumbly. I love the way they melt in my mouth.
Abdullah Yousaf
[email protected]I tried this recipe for Danish butter cookies and they turned out great! The dough was easy to work with and the cookies baked up beautifully.
Amukelani Nkuna
[email protected]These cookies are so buttery and crumbly, and they have the perfect amount of sweetness. I highly recommend this recipe.
Georgia's Peach
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now and they're always a hit. They're so easy to make and they taste amazing.
Ryiker Wiseman
[email protected]These cookies are delicious! I love the way the butter and sugar melt in my mouth. They're also very easy to make.
javier alfonso
[email protected]These cookies are amazing! They're so buttery and crumbly, and they have the perfect amount of sweetness. I highly recommend this recipe.
Brook Buckholtz
[email protected]I tried this recipe for Danish butter cookies and they turned out great! The dough was easy to work with and the cookies baked up beautifully. They're so buttery and flavorful.
Neo Namex
[email protected]These cookies are so delicious! I love the way the butter and sugar melt in my mouth. They're also very easy to make, which is a bonus.
Shah Rocky
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times now and they're always a hit. They're so easy to make and they taste amazing. I love that I can make them ahead of time and freeze them.
Alana Lounsbury
[email protected]These Danish butter cookies are a delight! They're so buttery and crumbly, and they have the perfect amount of sweetness. I followed the recipe exactly and they turned out perfectly.