These butter cookies are SO easy to make. The most important step is to simply chill the cookies on the tray before baking so they don’t spread out. You can also dip in chocolate or add sprinkles or edible glitter for New Year’s Eve! Recipe below.
Add butter, sugar, and salt. Mix until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, vanilla, and almond extract and mix well.
Add flour and milk and mix until thick and creamy. Add to a piping bag and pipe.
If your kitchen is cold and it’s hard to pipe the numbers, simply hold the bottom of your bag closed and run the piping bag under hot water for 45 seconds then dry with a cloth. The mixture needs to be thick enough to hold its shape, but sometimes that makes it difficult to pipe.
10 comments
Jessie
I am so excited to try these. Thank you for sharing all your amazing recipes!
Jessie Daye
Thank you!
Jaymie
Was excited to try but heads up i had to add much more milk to get the dough to a consistency that would pipe
Jessie Daye
I just added a note about dryer climates – thanks for the note!
Erica Jahns
Can I skip the almond extract
Jessie Daye
You can, but honestly that’s where the flavor is. The butter and vanilla don’t add much flavor. You could sub lemon extract.
Leslie Story
How Many dies this recipe make?
Jessie Daye
20-22 depending on how big you pipe your letters. Mine were 2” high.
Allie
If you wanted to coat them in sugar, would you do this before or after baking?
Jessie Daye
Thank you! Happy New Year to you!