3 Ingredient Danish Style Butter Cookie Recipe

by | Dec 20, 2024 | Recipes

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We do not know about you but we love those little Danish Butter Cookies that come in tins. You know the ones you find during the holidays. Well, we like to have them year-round. So we found a 3 Ingredient Danish Style Butter Cookie Recipe.

Of course, this is not the original recipe, we are sure. But this 3 Ingredient Danish Style Butter Cookie Recipe is easy to make and taste almost exactly like the originals.

To bake your own 3 Ingredient Danish Style Butter Cookie Recipe

You will need:

¾ cups of butter

½ cup of sugar

2 ¼ cups of flour

sugar sprinkles or colored sugar to decorate with

1. Cream the butter and sugar.

This picture shows a large metal mixing bowl with two sticks of butter in it.
This picture shows a small metal measuring cup with sugar in it.
This picture shows an electric mixer with the creamed butter and sugar beign added to the mix.
This picture shows the electric mixer with the butter and sugar creamed smooth.

2. Mix the flour with the butter and sugar. Mix well to combine all ingredients.

This picture shows a glass Pyrex mixing bowl with flour in it.
This picture shows adding the flour to the electric mixer with the creamed butter and sugar mixture.
This picture shows the metal mixer bowl with the crumbly dough.

As you can see the dough is crumbly and a bit dry.  This is ok, it is supposed to be that way.  The dough will form as you knead it.

3. Roll the mix out onto the counter or a floured cloth.

This picture shows the crumbly dough on the counter to be kneaded.

4. Knead the mix to form a soft dough.

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5. Roll the dough into a tube shape.

This picture shows the dough kneaded and formed into a soft, smooth tube shape.

6. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap or parchment paper.

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This picture shows the dough rolled up in parchment paper like a tight burrito.

7. Put the dough into the fridge to chill.

8. Cut the dough into 1-inch discs.

This picture shows the dough tube being cut into small discs with a knife to make the cookie shapes.

9. Decorate with sprinkles or colored sugar.

This picture shows a bottle of colored sugar sprinkles.
This picture shows several rows of cookies decorated with the colored sugar sprinkles. Some of the cookies have lots of sprinkles and others have just a few sprinkles. The sprinkles are small round balls in white, blue, green, purple and black.

Decorating is optional. We used blue, green, and white colored sprinkles to decorate our Danish Style Butter Cookies. The little sugar balls give the cookies a hint of sweetness and they pop in your mouth.

This picture shows several rows of cookies decorated with the colored sugar sprinkles. The sprinkles are small round balls in white, blue, green, purple and black.

With some of the cookies, we added a dollop of apricot jam to the center before we baked them. The apricot jam gives these cookies a similar flavor to the Kalcky our grandmother used to make. We did a talk on that recipe in a 2020 Christmas holiday edition of Mamaw’s Holiday Treats, our traditional family recipes. Just in case you are interested in some of those recipes as well.

This picture shows Danish Style Butter Cookies with a center of apricot jam and no sprinkles.

10. Place the cookies onto baking trays and bake at 320 degrees for about 10 minutes.

11. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack. As with all baking, use protective oven mitts or potholders to avoid burning yourself.

12. Eat and Enjoy.

This picture shows a tray of Danish Style Butter Cookies. Some cookies have colored sprinkles while others have apricot jam. The cookies are just slightly darker after being cooked than the raw dough.

With this simple, limited-ingredient recipe even the kids can help. The kids like to do the rolling of the dough and the cutting into shapes. Of course, supervision is needed with the electric mixer and handling the oven.

This 3 Ingredient Danish Style Butter Cookie Recipe is great for any occasion. You can decorate them to fit any season or event, just pick the right colored sugar or even frosting if you like. You can even add food coloring if you want to have colored cookies. They also have a nice dry outside so you can “draw” your icing on to make faces or pictures if you have a steady hand.

This Cookie Recipe will give you great, cookies every time. They are a little crispy on the outside and tender on the inside with just a hint of sweetness. Any decorations you add give them more flavor or sweetness.

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Give this recipe a try and you may just find your new favorite cookie. We hope you have enjoyed this 3 Ingredient Danish Style Butter Cookie Recipe talk.

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