Best 6 Butter Crisps Recipes

SWEDISH BUTTER CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• Beat the butter and white sugar with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract, then mix in the flour until just incorporated. Press the dough into the prepared cookie sheet, and spread with the beaten egg white. Sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and set, about 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares.

PEAR CRISPS WITH VANILLA BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Make topping:
• Pulse together flour, almonds, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add butter and pulse just until blended. Coarsely crumble in a shallow baking pan and chill at least 1 hour.
• Make filling and bake crisps:
• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into a small heavy saucepan, then add pod and butter and cook over medium-low heat, swirling pan occasionally, until butter is browned and fragrant, about 4 minutes.
• While butter browns, stir together sugars, flour, and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Add pears and brandy and toss to combine.
• Discard vanilla pod, then toss butter with pear mixture. Spoon filling into gratin dishes and sprinkle with topping, mounding it slightly in centers. Put in a shallow baking pan and bake 30 minutes, then rotate baking sheet and bake until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbling, 10 to 15 minutes more. Cool to warm or room temperature on a rack.

ALMOND BUTTER CRISPS

Steps:

• Halve 1 cup almonds and reserve.
• In a food processor grind almonds with sugar and salt until fine. In bowl of a standing electric mixer beat almond mixture and almond extract into basic dough until just combined well. Pat dough into a rectangle. Chill dough, wrapped in wax paper, at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Working with one third of dough at a time, roll out each piece of dough between two sheet of wax paper into a 12- by 9-inch rectangle, slightly more than 1/8-inch thick. Cut dough into 1 1/2- to 2-inch almond shapes (or any other shape preferred), arranging cookies about 1/2 inch apart of baking sheets. If dough becomes too soft to work with, freeze or chill uncut dough on baking sheet until firm.
• Brush cookies lightly with egg whites and gently press a reserved almond half in center of each cookie.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until pale golden, about 10 minutes, and cool on racks. Cookies may be stored between layers of wax paper in airtight containers up to 6 weeks frozen.

MINI CHIP BUTTER CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy.
• Gradually beat in sugar and vanilla.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients and blend until smooth.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
• Place 12 at a time, on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Flatten out to circles about 2 inches in diameter with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
• Bake 10 minutes, or until desired crispness.
• Remove from baking sheets, let cool on wire racks.

CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER CRISPS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in milk and cornstarch until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips. , Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

BUTTER CRISPS

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and cream cheese. Gradually add sugar and egg continue beating until blended.
• Add flour and baking powder gradually to butter/cream cheese mix. Chill dough 1-2 hours.
• Roll out on floured board and cut in desired shapes. Bake approximately 12 minutes or until light brown at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Frost with desired frosting.