How to Make piped butter cookies for dessert

Why buy butter cookies at he store, bake your own fancy cookies for your party. This how to cooking videos shows you how to prepare the dough for the delicious butter cookie recipe below. These cookies are great as an afternoon snack or for dessert.



Ingredients:

240g butter, cut into cubes

90g icing sugar

270g plain flour (all-purpose flour)

2 tsp vanilla essence

Optional: pineapple filling, chocolate chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Line baking tray with greaseproof paper.

2. Cream butter in mixer till fluffy. Sift icing sugar over butter, followed by flour. Mix. Add vanilla essence and mix till combined.

3. Pipe circular shapes onto baking trays. Optional: Place pineapple filling in the middle of the shapes.

4. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes till cookies are light golden brown. Allow cookies to cool.

5. Optional: Pipe melted chocolate into the middle of the baked cookies.