Butter cookies

Foto yg ke 2 isinya raspberry jam

Gw punya beberapa resep butter cookies.. Semuanya enak2.. 

Resep I

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

• Garnish: coarse or sanding sugar*; or melted chocolate (see cooks' note, below)

Preparation

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.

Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 with a handheld. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture and mix until just combined.

Form dough into a 12-inch log (2 inches in diameter) on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll up dough in plastic wrap. Chill dough on a baking sheet until firm, at least 4 hours. 

Bisa juga di simpan di plastik selama 1 jam.. di kulkas.. Keluarin dr kulkas.. Roll out.. Trus cetakin deh...

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 375°F.

Cut enough 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick slices from log with a heavy knife to fill 2 ungreased large baking sheets, arranging slices about 1 inch apart (chill remainder of log, wrapped in plastic wrap). If garnishing with coarse sugar, sprinkle slices with it.

Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes total. Cool on sheets 3 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely. Make more cookies with remaining dough on cooled baking sheets.

Resep II

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• decorating icing
• Various food colorings 

• Special equipment: 2- to 3-inch alphabet cookie cutters**; several sealable plastic bags (not pleated)

Preparation

Whisk together flour and salt in a small bowl.

Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 minutes with a handheld, then beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.

Form dough into 2 balls and flatten each into a 6-inch disk. Chill disks, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

Roll out 1 piece of dough (keep remaining dough chilled) into an 81/2-inch round (1/4 inch thick) on a well-floured surface with a well-floured rolling pin. (If dough becomes too soft to roll out, rewrap in plastic and chill until firm.) Cut out as many cookies as possible from dough with cutters and transfer to 2 ungreased large baking sheets, arranging about 1 inch apart.

Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely.

Gather scraps and chill until dough is firm enough to reroll, 10 to 15 minutes. Make more cookies with remaining dough and scraps (reroll only once) in same manner on cooled baking sheets.

For each color (you can make up to 7), transfer 1/4 cup icing to a separate small bowl and tint with food coloring. Snip off 1 corner of each plastic bag to create a 1/4-inch opening, then spoon each color icing into a bag, pressing out excess air. Twist each bag firmly just above icing, then decoratively pipe (or spread) colored icing onto cookies. Let icing dry completely (about 1 hour, depending on humidity) before storing cookies.

Decorating icing

Ingredients

• 1 (1-lb) box confectioners sugar
• 4 teaspoons powdered egg whites (not reconstituted) such as Just Whites
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Beat together all ingredients in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until just combined, about 1 minute.

Increase speed to high and continueto beat icing, occasionally scraping down side of bowl with a rubber spatula, until it holds stiff peaks, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer or 10 with a handheld. If not using icing immediately, cover with plastic wrap and a dampened kitchen towel.

Resep III 

Ingredients

For cookies

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 sticks (1 1/4 cups) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation

Make cookies:
Sift together flour, confectioners sugar, vanilla powder, and salt.

Heat butter with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in flour mixture at low speed just until blended. Form dough into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 300°F.

Roll out dough slightly less than 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface and cut out 1 1/2-inch rounds.

Arrange 1 inch apart on greased baking sheets. Reroll scraps once (cookies become tough if dough is worked too much). 

Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until pale golden, 10 to 15 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool.