These chocolate butter cookies are a simple favourite in our home. I make the dough with butter, cocoa, vanilla, and a few basic pantry ingredients, then the kids help me shape the cookies before they go into the oven. Once baked, they are tender, lightly crumbly, and rich without being too sweet. They are lovely with tea, coffee, or a glass of milk. Ingredients 125 g unsalted butter, at room temperature 85 g powdered sugar 1 egg yolk, at room temperature 1 packet vanilin or

These hazelnut butter cookies are my daughter’s favourite, and she loves baking them with me. Making use of the long weekend, we headed back into the kitchen and made a batch of simple, buttery cookies with chopped hazelnuts on top. They are pale, tender, and lightly crumbly, with that lovely melt-in-the-mouth texture you want from a homemade butter cookie. The chopped hazelnuts give them a little crunch and a warm, nutty flavour, making them perfect with tea or coffee. Ingre