Christmas is around the corner. If you want to quickly unpack your baking apron and do your part in Christmas baking, this recipe for quick butter cookies in under 30 minutes is ideal. Everyone has the basic ingredients at home, and the preparation is uncomplicated and, above all, quick. The best thing: the cookies taste wonderfully full-bodied and fluffy (despite the time savings).
If you want to give the cookies a little more visual shine, decorate them with icing at the end. If you are impatient, simply skip this step, as the casting needs an hour to harden completely.
Ingredients for 30 to 40 pieces
For the cookies
For the icing
Sift flour into a shallow bowl. To press a hollow in the middle. Beat the egg into the well, add sugar, salt, baking powder and vanilla sugar. Add butter at the end. Knead all ingredients into a smooth dough. Let it rest briefly.
Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan. Mix the icing with lemon juice and powdered sugar. Add water drop by drop until you get a spreadable consistency.
Roll out the dough thinly on a well-floured work surface. Cut out cookies with shapes. Spread on baking sheets lined with baking paper. Bake on several trays one after the other in the oven for about 10 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool slightly. Brush with the powdered sugar. Let dry for about an hour.
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