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Danish butter cookies

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klassiske-vaniljekranse-danish-butter-cookies Ingredients 1 egg (60g) 200g butter 130g icing sugar 320g flour 2 tbsp of vanilla paste (appro. 30g) or 1 1/2 tbsp of vanilla essence Method   Method Place everything in a mixing bowl and mix evenly using a paddle attachment on the lowest speed possible. Pipe wreaths onto greased cookie sheet or baking tray using an open star tip. I used Wilton 1M but I think the lady in the video used a smaller one Bake in a preheated oven at 200C for 7-8 min I baked at 170C for 9-10 mts. 200 degrees was too much for my oven. Leave to cool slightly before removing from cookie sheet. Transfer cookies into airtight container after cookies are at room temperature. It is very important to ensure all ingredients at room temperature. Using softened butter helps the ingredients to amalgamate very quickly. Do not be tempted to heat the butter over the stove to melt it. That would create a messy cookie dough that oozes butter all the tim