Old Fashioned German Butter Cookies
🛒 What You’ll Need
- 2 ½ cups All-purpose flour 🥯
- 1 cup Unsalted butter, softened 🧈
- ¾ cup Granulated sugar 🍬
- 1 Large egg 🥚
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract or almond extract 🍦
- ½ cup Raspberry or apricot jam for the filling 🍓🍑
- Powdered sugar for dusting ❄️
- Assorted cookie cutters (hearts, stars, and rounds!) ⭐️❤️
👩🍳 Instructions
- Cream the Base: In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 🥣🌪️✨
- Add Flavor: Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until well combined. 🥚🍦🤝
- The Dough: Gradually add the flour, mixing just until a soft dough forms. Wrap it in plastic and chill for at least 1 hour. ❄️⏲️💎
- Roll and Cut: On a floured surface, roll the dough thin. Cut out your shapes using assorted cutters like stars, hearts, and circles as seen in the photo! 📐⭐️🥇
- The Window Effect: For half of the cookies, use a smaller cutter to remove the center. These will be your “top” pieces! 🍩📐🛡️
- Bake to Perfection: Place cookies on a parchment-lined sheet. Bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes until the edges are just barely golden. ⏲️📈🔥
- The Jam Filling: Once cooled, spread a small amount of jam onto the solid bottom cookies. 🍓🥄💎
- The Final Sandwich: Place the “window” top cookie over the jam-filled base to create the beautiful sandwich effect shown in the photo! 🥪🎨✨
- Serve: Dust with a little powdered sugar if desired and enjoy! 🍽️😋🧤✨
🔥 Pro Tips:
- The “Chilly” Secret: As shown in the photo, the key to clean, sharp shapes is keeping your dough cold! If it gets too soft while cutting, pop it back in the fridge for 10 minutes. ❄️🛡️💎
- The “Variety” Hack: Use different jam colors (like red raspberry and orange apricot) to make your cookie tray look like a colorful work of art! 🎨🍓🍑
