Pinka Butter Cookies Recipes

BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Beat the salted butter, vanilla and sugar together with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Sift over the flour and beat again until just combined. Spoon the dough into a piping bag fitted with a medium star nozzle.
• Pipe the dough in small 5cm swirls on one large or two smaller baking trays lined with baking parchment, spacing them apart to allow for them to spread. Bake for 15-20 mins until pale golden.
• Leave to cool on the trays for 5 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

PINK LEMONADE GOOEY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Put the butter into a large mixing bowl.
• Cream the butter until soft and creamy.
• Add the cream cheese and beat until mixture is smooth.
• Beat in the egg, lemon extract and lemon zest until combined.
• Add the cake mix and beat just until well mixed.
• If the dough is too soft to roll into balls, cover the bowl and refrigerate the dough for 1-2 hours or until it's easy to handle.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Place some granulated sugar and confectioners' sugar into separate bowls.
• Roll the dough into 1-inch to 1 1/4-inch balls.
• Drop each dough ball into the bowl of granulated sugar and roll it in the sugar to coat completely.
• Immediately drop the sugared dough ball into the confectioners' sugar and roll it to coat heavily with the sugar.
• Rolling the dough balls in the granulated sugar first helps the confectioners' sugar coating not sink into the baked cookies.
• Place the dough balls 2″ apart on ungreased cookie sheets; flatten slightly. Bake at 350 F for 10-12 minutes. DO NOT overbake.
• Take the cookies out of the oven when they look a little underdone.
• Let the cookies cool on the pan for 1-2 minutes, then remove them from the pans to wire racks and cool completely.
• Store the cookies in an airtight container. Makes about 2 1/2-3 dozen.