Hi guys. I am Laura Vitale. On this episode of Laura in the Kitchen I am going to show
you how to make butter cookies with a super simple and delicious chocolate glaze. They
are so addictive and so easy. The ingredients are probably in your pantry and refrigerator
right now, which are some all purpose plain flour, a pinch of salt, some plain old sugar,
an egg, some unsalted butter at room temperature and some vanilla extract. These are the ingredients
to make the actual cookies and in a little bit I will show you the ingredients to make
the little glaze. So so good. So the first thing you want to do is get your oven preheated
to 375F. The second thing you want to do is take a couple of baking sheets and line them
with some parchment paper. So, I am going to make this in my standing mixer to make
life a little easier. Now you will want to start by creaming together the butter and
sugar. It is pretty standard steps. Butter and sugar first. Cream it together then add
in the eggs and vanilla. Now I am just going to mix that in until it is nice and combined.
I am actually going to speed it up a little bit. Scrape the sides, especially since this
is such a big mixer with a big bowl, and the batter is not huge, or not a lot of it I should
say. So, as that mixes up I am just going to clear up a little bit and then I am going
to add in, actually what I am going to do first is take a spoon and I am going to mix
together the salt with the flour. Add in my dry ingredients, do it on low speed, otherwise
you are going to get covered in flour. I am going to just let that mix in for about 30
seconds or until all the dry ingredients are incorporated, and then I will show you the
next step.
I just dumped my dough on a floured surface and now I am just going to take my rolling
pin and you just constantly want to keep this dough moving because it is a really soft dough
but you want a nice buttery cookie so, keep it moving so it does not stick. Roll this
out to about, between 1/8 and 1/4 inch thick. I am just going to take a round cookie cutter
and I am just going to cut out my cookies. It is such a really, it is a really, really,
really forgiving dough and you can obviously cut the shape however your heart desires.
I am just doing simple little circles. There they are. Now I am just going to put my cookies
into the oven and you want to make sure that the oven rack is positioned in the center
of the oven just so that it does not burn. If it is too low in the oven it will burn,
if it is too high up it will burn as well. So, I am going to put these in for about 13
- 15 minutes or until they are golden brown and I am going to probably flip or rotate
the sheet pan half way through just to get them nice and evenly colored because I want
that even golden brown color. The cookies baked for about 13 minutes and I have let
them cool completely and now it is time to make the little glaze to put on top, or the
glaze or the frosting, whatever your want to call it, well it is not really frosting. It
is a little too runny to be a frosting but it is not so runny that it is like a thin
glaze. It is like something in between. The ingredients for that are just some confectioner
sugar, and some cocoa powder, and some milk. Now I am just going to do this in a bowl with
a spatula. I think a spatula just works better but you can use a whisk if you want to. I am
just mixing the cocoa powder and the sugar together and now I am going to add in some
milk. Now I am going to start with two tablespoons and then I will see what the consistency is
like. If it is too thick I will add a little bit more but do not start with too much off
the bat because it can get very runny very, very quickly. So, I am just going to mix in
my two tablespoons and see how I am looking. That looks perfect. I ended up using about
three tablespoons of milk, now this will harden as it sits on the cookies and that is what
you want. I am just taking a little tiny teaspoon and I am putting it on the cookie and then
just kind of spreading it with the back. Just like that. I like to just cover the center
but leave some of the edges exposed. I just think it looks nicer. But you know, to each
his own. I am just going to glaze all my cookies and I will show you what they look like once
they are all done. Last one. Now the glaze will set as they sit. I am not going to wait
for that, I am going to eat one right now and with the remaining dough I just popped
it into the freezer. I always like to do that when it comes to cookies because it is great
to have cookie dough on hand for whenever you need it and what I do is pop it into the
microwave for about 15 to 30 seconds, and just until it is thawed and like regular texture
like it normally would be and then just roll them out and make fresh cookies. Sharing is
caring. I like to make fresh cookies anytime I have company or bring them over to somebody's
house. I am going to taste one of these bad boys. I love the cookie. It is really buttery
yet subtle. The cookie itself is not too sweet but the glaze is nice and sweet. There is
a great balance. So delicious. So simple. So easy. I am sure you already have the ingredients
on hand to do them so go to www.laurainthekitchen.com to get the recipe. Make them. Let me know
how you like them and I will see you next time. Bye bye.