Buttery shortcrust donuts: simple and delicious, perfect as a breakfast treat. Their simplicity and delicate butter flavor always win everyone over, even those who are not sweet-toothed, just like butter cookies with pistachios and chocolate.
This is a very versatile, simple, and delicate dough you can use for various preparations like the butter shortcrust tart or butter shortcrust eye cookies. You will need just a few ingredients like butter, flour, egg, and powdered sugar.
The buttery shortcrust donuts remain crumbly and delicate even after several days if you store them in a cookie tin. You will always have a homemade treat, fragrant and melting with every bite, just like the milk donuts.
Gather all the simple ingredients, follow the tips I’ll leave you, and make these homemade cookies. I’m sure they’ll disappear in no time. Let’s see what we need to make the buttery shortcrust donuts: simple and delicious.
HERE ARE SOME RECIPES MADE WITH SHORTCRUST THAT YOU WILL SURELY LIKE
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 30 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
Buttery shortcrust donuts, homemade cookies that melt in your mouth with every bite, simple and delicious
- 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups butter (very soft)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- flavoring (to taste)
- sugar (granulated for decoration)
Tools
YOU WILL ALSO NEED…
- 1 Electric whisk
- 1 Baking sheet
- 1 Parchment paper
Steps
HOW TO MAKE SIMPLE AND QUICK BUTTERY DONUTS
PREPARE THE BUTTER SHORTCRUST: In a bowl, beat the soft butter with powdered sugar, add the egg, flavoring, milk, and finally the sifted flour. Form a nice dough, and let it rest in the refrigerator.
SHAPE AND BAKE THE DONUTS: After resting, start forming the donuts. You can do it in two ways: either pinch off pieces, form thin rolls, and join them to shape the donuts, or, as I did, pinch off pieces, decide the size, make a ball, then poke a hole in the center all the way through to form the donut. This way, you’ll have chunkier donuts. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, brush the donuts with milk, sprinkle with granulated sugar, and bake at 350°F for about 10 minutes, but adjust according to your oven. Once baked, you can sprinkle them with powdered sugar if you like.
LAURA’S TIPS…
IF YOU WANT MORE INDULGENT DONUTS, YOU CAN ADD CHOCOLATE CHIPS TO THE DOUGH. STORE THEM IN A COOKIE TIN TO KEEP THEM ALWAYS CRISPY AND DELICATE.
USEFUL QUESTIONS
CAN I USE MARGARINE INSTEAD OF BUTTER?
YES, YOU CAN USE IT.
