Description
Create a delightful Butter Cookie Box filled with an assortment of cookies in vanilla, chocolate, and matcha flavors. Perfect for festive occasions or simply as a sweet treat at home, this recipe allows you to make over ten unique cookie variations from a single dough. With endless decoration possibilities, your cookies will not only taste great but also look visually stunning. Ideal for sharing with friends and family or gifting during the holiday season, this cookie collection promises to be a crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients
Scale
- 560 g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 450 g unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)
- 200 g granulated sugar
- 1 large egg (room temperature)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (for chocolate flavor)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons matcha powder (for matcha flavor)
- coarse sugar crystals
- white chocolate (melted)
- dark chocolate (melted)
- pistachios (roughly crushed)
- Nutella or Biscoff spread (warmed until melty)
- jam
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine flour and salt in a bowl; set aside. Beat softened butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, mixing until combined.
- Gradually add dry ingredients until crumbly yet cohesive. Divide into three portions: one for vanilla, one mixed with cocoa powder, one with matcha powder.
- Roll out each dough between parchment paper to 1/8" thick and chill for 1-2 hours.
- Cut shapes using cookie cutters and bake for 12-15 minutes until golden around edges.
- Cool completely before decorating with chocolate drizzles or crushed nuts.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie (20g)
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 25mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: <1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg