Holiday Butter Cookie Box
This Holiday Butter Cookie Box features a versatile, rich butter cookie base that transforms into multiple festive variations—from chocolate-dipped shortbread to jam thumbprints—creating an elegant, personalized gift box of homemade treats perfect for holiday sharing.
- Time: 180 min
- Servings: 48
Source: worldkitchentools.com
Ingredients
- 4 sticks unsalted butter, softened but still cool to touch
- granulated sugar
- teaspoon fine sea salt
- large egg yolks
- teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- Chocolate-Dipped: 8 oz semi-sweet chocolate, 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- Jam Thumbprints: ½ cup high-quality fruit preserves
- Lemon Glazed: 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 1 teaspoon
- Spiced Gingerbread: 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, ¼ te
- Pistachio-Orange: ½ cup finely chopped pistachios, 1 tablespoon orange zest
- Chocolate Chip: ¾ cup mini chocolate chips
- Almond Snowballs: ½ cup finely chopped almonds, 1 cup powdered sugar for coating
- Sprinkle Sugar Cookies: 1 egg white , ¼ cup colored sanding sugar or sprinkles
- Rosemary-Sea Salt: 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary, 1 tablespoon flak
- Holiday cookie boxes or tins
- Parchment paper or decorative cupcake liners
- Decorative ribbon or twine
- Gift tags