Danish Butter Cookies

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The best Danish butter cookies! These Danish cookies are buttery, rich in milky and creamy flavors. This easy Danish butter cookie recipe is fail-proof.

Danish butter cookies in a tray.
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Danish Cookies

Everyone loves those buttery, crispy and addictive Danish butter cookies in tin. They are my favorite butter cookies ever!

This Danish butter cookies recipe is absolutely the best and you have to try baking them!


Danish Butter Cookies Recipe

Danish cookies ready to serve.

This recipe calls for only six (6) basic ingredients that you already have at home:

  • Unsalted butter. Use a high quality butter such as Challenge brand (USA)
  • Fine sugar
  • Powdered sugar
  • Cake flour
  • Salt
  • Heavy whipping cream

The method is very straight forward and novice baker friendly. The recipe is also fail-proof.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.


Secret Ingredient For The Best Danish Butter Cookies

Danish butter cookies in a tin.

The secret ingredient is heavy whipping cream. The whipping cream lends intense milky aroma and creamy flavor to the cookies.

For the flour, cake flour makes the cookies crispier with perfect texture.

The cookies taste just like Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies in blue tin that we all love so much!

Every bite transports you to cookies heaven!


How To Make Danish Cookies

Danish butter cookies recipe with butter, cake flour, sugar and heavy whipping cream.

The method is so simple and involves three (3) easy steps.

First, cream the butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy.

Next, add in the heavy whipping cream in 3 portion.

Add the cake flour to the butter mixture to form the cookie dough.

Pipe the dough using a star nozzle. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes.


Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use salted butter?

Yes, you can use salted butter. Just skip the salt if you use salted butter.

Can I use all-purpose flour?

Yes, you can use all-purpose flour.

Can I use regular milk or regular whipping cream?

For rich, creamy and milky flavors, I strongly recommend using heavy whipping cream. You may use regular whipping cream.
If you are using milk, I suggest you use full milk.

How many calories per serving?

Each cookie is 45 calories.

Buttery Royal Danish cookies.

What To Serve With Danish Butter Cookies

These cookies are great for holidays such as Christmas, Chinese New Year, etc. For an array of festive baking, I recommend the following recipes.

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4.57 from 82 votes

Danish Butter Cookies

The best Danish butter cookies! These Danish cookies are buttery, rich in milky and creamy flavors. This easy Danish butter cookie recipe is fail-proof.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 48 Cookies
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Ingredients  

  • 125 g (4oz) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 35 g (1¼ oz) powdered sugar
  • 35 g (1¼ oz) fine sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 100 ml heavy whipping cream
  • 180 g (6¼ oz) cake flour, sifted

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F). In a bowl, mix together the butter, powdered sugar, fine sugar, and salt. Then whisk until well combined and fluffy.
  • Gradually add the whipping cream in 3 portions, beating on low speed after each addition.
  • Add the cake flour to the butter mixture and mix well. Then, pour the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star piping tip.
  • Pipe the batter onto a lined baking sheet.
    Danish cookies with star shape.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges turn slightly brown. Do not overbake. Let cool and store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

Notes

For the best results, please use metric measurement for this Danish Butter Cookies recipe.
If you use salted butter, you can skip salt in the recipe.
Adapted from: Penang Foodie.

Nutrition

Serving: 48cookies, Calories: 45kcal, Carbohydrates: 4g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 3g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 8mg, Sodium: 13mg, Potassium: 6mg, Fiber: 0.1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 96IU, Vitamin C: 0.01mg, Calcium: 3mg, Iron: 0.04mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Bee is a recipe developer and best-selling cookbook author, sharing easy, quick, and delicious Asian and American recipes since 2006. With a strong following of almost 2 million fans online, her expertise has been featured in major publications, TV and radio programs, and live cooking demos throughout the United States and Asia.

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58 Comments

  1. Dr Don Edgerton says:

    Please give ingredients by volume rather than metric weight.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      I don’t have volume weight. It’s not precise. Everyone 1 cup of flour will weight differently. You need a scale for proper baking.

  2. Duncan Moore says:

    Good God Bee
    Such a simple recipe makes such a delightful biscuit.
    As usual another top notch recipe from you.
    we highly recommend it. thank you.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes, it’s very very good, just a few ingredients. Thanks for trying!

  3. Rosalie says:

    Can you please give me the concersion for the Danish Butter Cookies
    Thank you
    Rosalie

    INGREDIENTS
    125 g (4.4 oz) unsalted butter, room temperature
    35 g (1.2 oz) powdered sugar
    35 g (1.2 oz) fine sugar
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    100 ml heavy whipping cream
    180 g (6.3 oz) cake flour, sifted

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      I have no conversion for cups. Please use a scale. A reader converted to cups in the Comments section but for the best results, you need to weight the ingredients.

  4. Laura says:

    Can you send me the ingredientes by tablespoons or cups?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Sorry I don’t have cup measurement. But there is a reader who converted in the comments section. Please check.

  5. Tonya pierce says:

    Use plain English measurements for recipe, not metric. I’m not from a foreign country.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      What is English measurement if not metric? I provide both imperial and metric measurement.

      1. Rosalie says:

        How many cups of whipped cream is 100 ml
        Thank you

        1. Rasa Malaysia says:

          Please measure 100 ml. Cup is not precise.

          1. MoogsC says:

            1. Did you mean skip the salt if youโ€™re using SALTED butter (not unsalted butter like it says in the recipe)?
            2. What do you use to incorporate all the ingredients? A hand whisk, a stand mixer? Can I use a hand mixer?

            1. Rasa Malaysia says:

              1) Yes, sorry. It was a typo. I have updated it.
              2) You can use an electronic hand mixer or just a regular whisk.

      2. GinKin says:

        Sorry that some Americans are so stupid. All they have to do is google a metric conversion chart. We do use cups, tablespoons, etc. here in America but we shouldn’t expect the rest of the world to do the same. smh

        1. Rasa Malaysia says:

          I have a global audience so I make both imperial and metric measurements available. Also please take note that measuring cups in different parts of the world are different in size, for example: Australian measuring cups vs. US measuring cups. For baking, cup measurements are just not ideal. Scale is the way to go and the price is the same as a cheap scale!

    2. MoogsC says:

      Like the rest of the world cares.

    3. Rosalie L says:

      Hi Tonya
      I think I can help you I did all the measurements on the scaIe, then I put it in a measuring cup and this is what I got. I made the cookies with these measurements and they came out good.They could of used a little more sugar for me. I hope this helps you.
      INGREDIENTS

      1 1/3 stick of salted butter, room temperature

      1/3 cup powdered sugar

      1/3 cup fine sugar

      1/4 teaspoon salt

      1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

      1 1/2 cup cake flour or flour, sifted

  6. Jay says:

    I retrieved this site last year, didnt have time until now to copy and make these recipes until now. Love cooking and making Asian dishes and desserts. So excited to get started so I can deliver to shut in Church members. Thanks so much. Will let you know how they turn out. Peace and Joy I feel.

  7. essell says:

    i think you meant to say if you you use salted butter, skip the salt…

    ps love your blog, always such tasty ideas and recipes

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes it was a typo I fixed it. Thanks!

  8. Bob DeGarmo says:

    Why not publish your recipe using more common units used in the US. i.e. cups, tsp, tbl, spoons. Life is too short to convert all this.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Bob – I don’t recommend cup measurement for this recipe because it’s just not precise and this is such a PERFECT recipe. If you measure it by cups, the potential difference in the weight can be tens of grams, which will throw the entire ratio off. You ought to have a scale if you are a serious baker.

  9. Been says:

    5 stars
    Best

    1. Susan says:

      Hello, can I use a cookie press for these or is the dough too firm?

      1. Bee Yinn Low says:

        You can try to use cookie press but the dough is too soft.

  10. Bee Yinn Low says:

    5 stars
    Good