Chocolate Dipped Butter Cookies

Butter cookies are a comforting classic, but why not turn up the flavor by dipping them in chocolate!? This recipe for Chocolate-Dipped Butter Cookies does exactly that to make you fall deeply in love with it!

If you need an easy-to-make treat that everyone loves, nothing beats butter cookies, except maybe Chocolate-Dipped Butter Cookies!

These quintessential cookies are a holiday must-have hit on any occasion! I adore these cookies' buttery texture and flavor and could not resist dipping them in delicious chocolate!

Try this simple recipe and see for yourself how easy and tasty baking classic sweets can be!

🥘 Ingredients

• Unsalted Butter: Unsalted butter is the first choice for bakers. Remember to take the butter out of the fridge to soften slightly before baking.
• Sugar: White sugar gives these butter cookies a sandy sweet texture and flavor that cannot be beaten!
• Vanilla Bean: Fresh scrapings from vanilla beans have the richest and most authentic vanilla taste; however, vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract are suitable substitutes.
• Egg White: The egg whites give the cookies a rise and deliciously light texture. This recipe uses just the white so you can buy a container of egg whites or split a few eggs and save the yolks for your next breakfast.
• Cake Flour: Cake flour is a lower protein than your typical pantry flour, making these treats buttery, soft, and irresistible!
• Cornstarch: Cornstarch helps give the cookies a melt-in-your-mouth feel.
• Dark Chocolate Couverture: This particular type of chocolate is made to melt. You can use those as substitutes if you prefer another variety of chocolate, like milk or white chocolate.

See the recipe card for quantities.

🔪 Instructions

Step One: Preheat the oven, line the baking sheets, and prepare the piping bag with a star tip.

Step Two: In the food processor or mixer, add the butter, sugar, and vanilla pulp. Mix until nice and creamy.

Step Three: Blend in the egg whites.

Step Four: Mix in the flour and cornstarch.

Step Five: Fill the piping bag with dough.

Step Six: Pipe the dough in circles onto the prepared baking sheets.

Step Seven: Bake the butter cookies. Remove from the oven and let them cool.

Step Eight: Melt the chocolate.

Step Nine: Dip the butter cookies halfway into the chocolate coating. Let them drip off then place them on baking paper to dry. Allow the chocolate to set and then enjoy!

🍫 Variations

You can easily tweak these cookies by using milk, white, blonde, or even ruby chocolate. Amp up the flavor and decor by adding chopped nuts to the wet chocolate or sprinkles for a festive flair!

Another tasty way to switch things up is to swap the vanilla bean for a little almond paste. This trick gives the cookies a vibrant nutty taste that will surprise and delight your taste buds!

🍽 Equipment

• Food Processor: A food processor or electric mixer is the ideal tool to mix this thick, rich, buttery dough!
• Piping Bag and Number 32 Star Tip: To make perfectly shaped and evenly sized cookies use a piping bag with a large star tip. If you don’t have a piping bag, cut a hole in the corner of a plastic bag and attach the tip at that opening.
• Mixing Bowl
• Lined Baking Sheets: You will need about two parchment or silicone-lined baking sheets for these cookies.
• Water Bath or Tempering Device: You will need to melt the chocolate and keep it warm while dipping, so a water bath, double-boiler, or tempering device will do the trick!

🌡 Storage

Unless you eat them in an instant, these cookies will keep for up to three weeks in an airtight container or well-sealed cookie tin.

Before filling, line the container with parchment paper and between each layer of cookies. This layer will keep the chocolate butter cookies from sticking to the bottom or each other.

💭 Top Tip

Save the scraped vanilla bean from this recipe to make homemade vanilla sugar!

These cookies will be pale when they are done, and that’s okay! Their edges should appear to be crispy, which means they’re ready to go!

Avoid chilling this dough. It is so rich in butter that chilling will make it very hard and almost impossible to pipe.

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📖 Recipe

⛑️ Food Safety

• Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
• Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
• Wash hands after touching raw meat
• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
• Never leave cooking food unattended
• Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
• Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove

For further information, check Safe Food Handling - FDA.