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Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies
Kentucky butter cake cookies are soft-baked, buttery sugar cookies topped with butter-sugar glaze. They have all the traditional flavors you love, in cookie form!
👥 24 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 31 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 11 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- oven
- baking sheet
- bowl
- saucepan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C.
2
Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone mat. Set aside.
3
In the bowl of the stand mixer, beat butter and sugar together for ⏱️ 1 minute until mixed. Add in eggs and vanilla and mix until incorporated, scraping sides as necessary.
butter, room temperature1 cupcup butter1/4eggs2vanilla1 teaspoon
4
Add in baking powder and salt, continuing to mix, and finally, the flour. Mix until the dough just comes together.
baking powder2 teaspoons
5
Using a medium (2 tablespoon) cookie scoop, drop the dough onto the lined baking sheet. Alternately, you can roll the dough into balls if you want a thicker cookie.
6
Bake for ⏱️ 9-11 minutes until the edges are slightly golden. Don’t over-bake.
7
Glaze
8
While the cookies are baking, combine the glaze ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir continuously until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved. Do not bring to a boil.
butter, room temperature1 cupcup butter1/4
9
Allow the glaze to cool slightly (about ⏱️ 5 minutes) to thicken.
10
When the cookies are done, spoon one teaspoon of the glaze onto each cookie while they’re warm. If the glaze gets too thick, just heat it up a bit more.
11
Dust with powdered sugar after the glaze has set if desired.
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