Eggless Butter Cookies | Piped Butter Cookies | Buttery melt-in-mouth Cookies

Buttery, tender and unbelievably light homemade Butter Cookies! 

These vanilla flavoured cookies are one of my favourite treats to bake. They’ll literally melt in your mouth and are so easy to make.

 

These homemade butter cookies are 

• Egg-free 
• Super buttery and soft 
• Crisp around the edges 
• Melt in your mouth texture 

Piping the cookies is so much fun! 

Make lovely designs with a large piping tip. The smaller the size of the tip, the harder it will be to the pipe.

This is a 1 bowl cookie recipe without any leavening agent. 

The cookie dough comes together easily with only 6 ingredients. 

Eggless Butter Cookie Ingredients 

• softened Butter 
• Powdered sugar 
• Salt 
• Vanilla extract 
• Corn Starch 
• All-purpose flour 

Butter is the most important ingredient, so make sure you use good quality butter. The flavour of the butter should really stand out.

How to make Eggless Butter Cookies - Step by step pictures 

Preheat the oven to 180° C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Beat the room temperature butter until smooth.

Add in the powdered sugar, beat until creamy and light.

Pour in the vanilla extract and beat until combined.

Add in the all-purpose flour, salt and corn starch.

Slowly beat until combined.

Spoon the dough into a piping bag with a large piping tip.

Pipe the cookies directly onto the baking tray lined with parchment.

Bake for about 12 - 15 minutes.

Let them cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Eggless Butter Cookies | Piped Butter Cookies | Buttery melt-in-mouth Cookies

Recipe Category: Desserts
Author: Abarna Gopinath
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted, softened Butter
• 6 tbsp Powdered sugar
• 1/8 tsp Salt
• 1 Tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp Corn Starch
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180° C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Beat the room temperature butter until smooth.

Add in the powdered sugar, beat until creamy and light.

Pour in the vanilla extract and beat until combined.

Add in the all-purpose flour, salt and corn starch.

Slowly beat until combined.

Spoon the dough into a piping bag with a large piping tip.

Pipe the cookies directly onto the baking tray lined with parchment.

Bake for about 12 - 15 minutes.

Let them cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Recipe video here!

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