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Danish Butter Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling
Create a festive holiday cookie box from a simple 4-ingredient Danish butter cookie dough, with optional filling and decoration.
Prep time
About 10 min
Cook time
12 min
Total time
About 22 min
Ingredients
13
Steps
6
Filed under: dessert, baking, chocolate, vanilla.
Source channel: Baking Moments
Key ingredients
unsalted softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla powder, egg yolk, all-purpose flour.
Ingredients
- 180 g unsalted softened butter
- 90 g powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla powder
- 1 egg yolk
- 360 g all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 180 g cream cheese
- 40 g powdered sugar
- 40 g white chocolate
- Cranberry jam
- White chocolate
- Dark chocolate
- Powdered sugar
Method
- Put 180 g unsalted softened butter, 90 g powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp vanilla powder, 1 egg yolk, 360 g all-purpose flour, and 1/4 tsp salt in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough and cut into shapes.
- Bake at 160°C (320°F) for 12 minutes.
- Mix 180 g cream cheese, 40 g powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp vanilla powder, and 40 g white chocolate to make the filling.
- Transfer the filling to a piping bag and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Assemble the cookies with the filling and decorate with cranberry jam, white chocolate, dark chocolate, sprinkles, and powdered sugar.