We'll take that dough with its buttery taste and delightful aroma that we all cherished since childhood and combine it with sewing to create buttons. And since we don't do things by halves, we're going to sew them with sugar paste threads! A wonderful recipe for butter cookie buttons that not only satisfies us in terms of taste, but also becomes an occasion for quality family time and creative moments with the kids, combining the joy of pastry and crafts...
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Medium
Medium
BAKING TIME
18 - 20 min
18 - 20 min
QUANTITY
34 - 36 pcs
34 - 36 pcs
Ingredients
- 190 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 90 g granulated sugar
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 380 g all – purpose flour
- 3 g baking powder
For chocolate dough:
- 2 -3 tbsp cocoa powder
- Sugar paste for decoration
How to
- In a mixer's bowl, beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add the egg and continue with the vanilla extract or vanillin.
- Sift in the flour and baking powder and gradually add these as well.
- Continue beating until the ingredients are fully incorporated.
- Now you can divide the dough and add the cocoa powder for the chocolate. Beat until the dough is an even color.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 min.
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of 0.6 - 0.7 cm and use a cookie cutter to cut out your cookies. If you don't have a button cookie cutter, use two different sized glasses and a straw for the buttonholes.
- Transfer to a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven (set to fan) at 355 °F - 180 °C for 18 - 20 min.
- Let them cool on a wire rack and decorate them by making a sugar paste thread.
Note from Greek jar:
During the warmer months, it is good to take the dough out of the fridge a little at a time to make the cookies easier to work with.
