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🍪 Grandma’s Famous Christmas Butter Cookies
💬 Introduction
These are my most popular cookies — and for good reason! Every Christmas, I bake at least 500 of them, and not a single one is left by New Year’s Day. 🎄✨
They’re simple, golden, buttery, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Everyone who tastes them asks for the recipe — and now, I’m sharing it here! It’s one of those recipes that looks plain on paper but bursts with flavor and nostalgia once baked.
If you make these, prepare for your kitchen to smell like a cozy holiday memory.
📜 A Little History
The origins of butter cookies trace back to Denmark, where bakers perfected the art of blending butter, sugar, and flour into a sweet, tender dough. Over generations, the recipe spread across Europe and into family cookbooks everywhere — especially during the holidays.
In our family, these cookies started with my grandmother, who made them in tin boxes for neighbors and friends every December. The tradition stuck, and now, it’s not Christmas until the first tray of golden butter cookies comes out of the oven.
🧈 Ingredients
For the Cookies:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ tsp salt
Optional Toppings:
Colored sugar or sprinkles (for festive flair)
Melted chocolate for dipping
Crushed nuts or a cherry in the center of each cookie
🍳 Instructions / Method
Step 1: Preheat the Oven
Set your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
Step 2: Cream the Butter and Sugar
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy — about 3–4 minutes. This is the base of all great cookies: air whipped into butter.
Step 3: Add Egg and Vanilla
Mix in the egg and vanilla extract until well combined. The aroma will already start to smell like home.
Step 4: Mix the Dry Ingredients
In another bowl, whisk together flour and salt. Slowly add the dry mixture to the butter mixture, beating on low until the dough forms.
Step 5: Shape the Cookies
You can shape the dough in a few fun ways:
Roll into small balls and flatten gently with a fork.
Pipe through a cookie press for that classic butter cookie swirl.
Roll and cut with cookie cutters for holiday shapes.
Step 6: Decorate
Sprinkle with colored sugar or press a nut or cherry in the center of each cookie.
Step 7: Bake and Cool
Bake for 10–12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden. Cool on a rack — but beware, they disappear fast!
💞 Lovers of the Cookies
These cookies have so many lovers:
The children who sneak them off the tray before they cool 🍪
The neighbors who wait every December for their gift tin 🎁
The grandparents who dunk them in hot cocoa ☕
And of course, the baker — who tastes “just one” with every batch (for quality control, of course 😉).
These cookies connect generations — each bite is a sweet echo of love, laughter, and holidays past.
🎀 Formation (Serving & Presentation)
Stack them in festive tins lined with parchment paper for gifts.
Tie them with ribbons or place in clear bags with holiday tags.
Serve on a tiered dessert tray with hot cocoa or spiced cider.
For a cozy look, dust with powdered sugar before serving.
🌹 Conclusion
Simple ingredients. Endless memories. ❤️ These butter cookies prove that love doesn’t need to be complicated — it just needs butter, sugar, and care. Bake them once, and they’ll become part of your family’s holiday tradition too.
When you share them, you’re not just giving cookies — you’re giving joy.
💬 Post Caption for Sharing
These are my most popular cookies — I make at least 500 of them every Christmas! 🎄✨ So simple, but full of incredible flavor. Everyone loves them! 🍪❤️
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