for today's recipe I'm going to show you how to make these easy and delicious flower butter
cookies! In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment you'll want to cream one cup of
butter that has been softened to room temperature I like to leave this overnight next sift one half
cup of powdered sugar and add that to the butter you are going to need to mix this on low for three
to four minutes or until it is pale in color and the sugar is well incorporated into the butter
now we will scrape down the sides of our bowl as needed and add one cup of flour i like to
add my flour in two additions just so that i don't end up with a big mess everywhere
so once that's incorporated we'll add in our second cup of flour and we're going
to continue mixing this on low until our dough comes together now we'll scrape down our bowl
and add one tablespoon of milk to thin out our dough we'll also add in one teaspoon of
vanilla extract and now we're going to mix this until it's combined if it's still too
thick you can just add another tablespoon of milk until it's a nice pipeable consistency
now i'm going to separate a little bit of my dough this is about one-third of a cup
i'm going to add some lemon yellow food coloring using a spatula i'm just going to blend this in
and you can see here that it's a nice spreadable consistency which also means
that this was going to be easy for us to pipe i'm going to add pink to the remaining dough
and now i'm going to separate a small amount out and add a little bit more paint add an accent
color again this step is completely optional i just like to have a little bit more variation
on these cookies so we're going to mix that in and then i'm going to line my stripe up with the
narrow end of my tip this is going to give me a darker pink star shape in the center of my flower
if you would like the accent color on the outer edge of your petals just line it up with the
wide end of your tip i like to use a long narrow spatula to spread a thin stripe on the side of
my piping bag and then i actually come in with a bench scraper and press it all to the side
you can also just use a butter knife and now that it's pressed over to the side it's very easy to
fill up the remainder of the bag with that lighter pink dough i'm going to move the yellow into a bag
fitted with a star tip and any star tip would work for the center attach a square of parchment to a
flower nail and with the narrow end at the center wide end facing out you're going to apply pressure
pull up slightly while turning the flower nail and dip back down towards the center to
form your petals so apply pressure pull up spin and dip back to the center to form your petal
as you come in to do the last petal lift your tip up slightly just so that you don't drag
it through that first petal that we formed now we can add a nice yellow center to our
flower and we are going to move the whole square of parchment to our baking sheet
so once more just attach a square of parchment to your flower nail and with the narrow end of
the center wide end facing out apply pressure pull up spin and pull back down to form each
of your petals you can see here that that darker pink is adding a nice accent to the center don't
forget to check out the description box to find the full recipe and all of these instructions
now we can add a center in here and these are going to need to chill for 30 to 60 minutes
until they're nice and cold and firm then they will bake for 9 to 11 minutes in an
oven that is preheated to 325 fahrenheit or 160 celsius allow them to cool on the pan
for a moment before moving to a wire rack if you have enjoyed this tutorial i'd appreciate
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