italian butter cookies

Name: Italian Butter Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1/2 cup(s) cornstarch; 1/2 cup(s) shortening; 1/2 cup(s) butter; 3/4 cup(s) confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar); 1/4 cup(s) sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 2 - eggs

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Annamaria Settanni McDonald

Brooklyn, OH

Updated on Oct 26, 2011

These are your traditional Italian Butter Cookies. They can be topped with maraschino cherry or chocolate ganache with a star tip. These are buttery and sandy like a shortbread cookie. These are always on your Italian Cookie Tray. Use a cookie press to shape these into different shapes such as a flower shape.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 10 Min

method ---

yield depending on shape and size but a lot

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 - eggs

How To Make italian butter cookies

Step 1

Mix all items together until completely creamed and incorporated together.

Step 2

Pipe through a star tip in a swirling motion or through a cookie press.
Step 3

Bake at a preheated 350'F oven for about 10 minutes until lightly golden. Before baking top with sprinkles, maraschino cherries, mini chocolate chips or leave plain. They are also great dipped in melted dark or semi sweet chocolate or with pumped chocolate ganache on the top when cookies are cooled. Enjoy!
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