Gouda cookies recipe

Although I live very close to Gouda, I had never made Gouda cookies before. So it's time to bake these delicious Old Dutch cookies in your own oven. Because freshly baked cookies are always so tasty and require relatively little effort. The recipe is very easy; ideal for novice bakers, bakers who do not like difficult recipes and also a fun recipe to bake with children. Before you know it, you will have a large cookie jar full of delicious butter cookies with a sugar rim. You have to taste it because fresh cookies are the tastiest!

Make a little more dough

This is a really simple recipe. The dough for this Gouda cookie recipe is ready faster than the oven is warm. Do you like Gouda cookies? Then make some more dough. You can bake the cookies and store them in the freezer, but you can also freeze the dough as a roll, thaw it later and bake it in slices. This way you can always bake fresh cookies super quickly.

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Gouda cookies recipe

Requirements for approximately 18 pieces:

1. 130 grams of butter at room temperature

2. 75 grams of white or light brown caster sugar

3. 175 grams of flour

4. 1 teaspoon zest of a lemon or 1 teaspoon lemon curd

5. 1 egg yolk

6. Pinch of salt

7. Fine sugar for rolling the dough

Gouda cookies recipe

1. Knead all ingredients well together.

2. Make two rolls of the dough with a diameter of approximately 3.5 - 4 cm. Wrap them tightly with plastic wrap. You can often roll the shape a little tighter in the foil.

3. Let the rolls rest and cool in the refrigerator for at least half an hour. A little longer or even a day earlier is even better; This makes the rolling pin very firm and allows you to cut the cookies properly.

4. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees in a convection oven or to 180 degrees in an oven with top and bottom heat.

5. Roll the rolling pin in fine sugar and cut slices of about 1 cm.

6. Place the slices on a baking sheet and bake the cookies for about 15-18 minutes until the edges turn golden brown.

What is the best way to store cookies

Cookies are of course the tastiest fresh. But you can also store them well. Store the Gouda cookies cooled in a tightly closed drum or plastic container. The cookies will keep there for about 3-4 weeks. You can also freeze the cookies for later.