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Simple German Butter Cookies #Recipe

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Simple German Butter Cookies #Recipe

This year was the first year in many many years where I made my grandmas German Butter Platzchen (cookies) recipe. I haven’t had time before and I always thought they are too time consuming and too difficult to make. Boy was I wrong. I can not believe that it took me 15 years to make my favorite cookies and it took no time at all.

Since they were so simple and soooo delicious, I decided to share the recipe real quick so you can make this Butter Cookies as well. Best part… NO eggs needed!!! So go ahead and sneak that dough while making the cookies, you know you want it… I ate my share, too Smile.

This is what you need for the German Butter Cookies

  • 1 1/2 stick of butter  
  • 3/4 cup of sugar 
  • splash of vanilla Extract
  • 2 1/2 cups of flour
  • Lemon Zest

This is how to make the German Butter Cookies

  1. Melt the butter in the microwave and place in the fridge after melting for about 30 minutes
  2. Once the melted butter is cooled off, mix sugar and butter along with the Vanilla extract and the lemon zest to a creamy consistency
  3. Slowly add flour and keep mixing; I usually put small amounts of flour in at a time
  4. Once the dough looks like a sugar cookie dough, put in the fridge for another 30 minutes to rest and cool off; you can even leave it in the fridge for 24 hrs; I was told the taste is better.
  5. preheat oven to 350F and roll our your dough, make sure you have a floured table or baking matt when rolling; use cookie cutters to cut shapes; bake for 8 minutes or till the edges are golden.

That’s it… Simple as that. Now, you can add some frosting if you like. Mine were gone so fast that I didn’t have time for frosting; but we usually mix a little bit of powder sugar with lemon juice, spread on the warm cookie, add some sprinkles and let cool.

Simple German Butter Cookies #Recipe

Merry Christmas …..What is your favorite cookie?

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  4. Sometimes we get so caught up in all the crazy recipes over the holidays that we forget about the delicious simplicity in a butter or sugar cookie. My husband is part German, so I will have to make these and share with his family this holiday season. 🙂

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  21. These look so delicious. My Dad and sister and I would love to try this recipe. We are Germans and love German food! I am going to make these! Thanks for sharing.

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  23. After following directions and mixing all ingredients I find the batter to be very dry and crumbly and not at all like a batter you could even bake. Any ideas?

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    • YES!! It is very dry and crumbly you have to keep working at it till the butter gets very soft while keeping it and then keep it in the fridge for a few hours before rolling out; it is a very delicate butter dough, it works well but takes some time kneading and chilling hope that helps 🙂

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      • I circumvented your advice and recipe abit. The batter was refridgerated for I’d say 18 hours total. I didn’t roll out the batter. ( I was abit frustrated at this point)…In a muffin tin I packed about 3/8-1/4 of an inch of batter in the bottom of each baking tin and baked them at 350 for 8-10 min till light brown around the edges. I got about a 2″ cookie. They tasted great and held thier form really well. I think I’ll add some almond flavoring to the rest of the batter.
        I was hoping to replicate a German cookie I had at our local Oktober Fest last weekend. I think it came close. They are just as good.

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