The Ultimate Butter Cookie Recipe: Simple, Buttery, Irresistible

Brown Butter Bliss: Nutty, Toasted Butter Cookies You’ll Crave

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Preparing time : 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Calories: 125 kcal 

Welcome to the Sweet Simplicity of Butter Cookies!

There's something timeless and comforting about butter cookies. With their rich, buttery flavor, delicate crispness, and melt-in-your-mouth texture, they’re a classic treat loved by all ages. Whether you're baking for the holidays, preparing a tea-time snack, or just craving a nostalgic bite of something sweet, butter cookies are a go-to option that never fails.

In this post, I’ll share an easy, foolproof butter cookies recipe that requires just a few basic ingredients you likely already have in your kitchen. Perfect for beginners and seasoned bakers alike, these cookies are simple to make and incredibly versatile—you can enjoy them plain, dip them in chocolate, or even shape them into festive designs.

Let’s dive into the recipe and create some buttery magic!

Ingredients

• 225g   Caster sugar
• 300g   Plain flour (sifted)
• 200g   Butter melted (Room temperature)
• 1 tsp   Vanilla extract 
• 5 g       Baking powder 
• One pinch of salt to taste
• 1 egg

Cookies ball

Method

• Add the prepared ingredients, flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, baking powder, salt to the food processor and mix slowly at first. After mixing all the ingredients well, stir for about 5 minutes.  However, dough can be prepared by mixing the ingredients manually in a steel bowl.

   

  

  Kneed by hand

  
  

  

  Mixing by prossesor

  
  

You can also add the chocolate chips at this stage if you’re making chocolate chips cookies adding by 100 g brown sugar and 100 g chocolate chips.

• Put a butter paper onto a baking tray. Take some of the dough, roll into ball, size of 25 grams. Keep them on the small side as they spread out during baking. Also, keep cookies ball at two inches close to each.

Bake and make

• Place in the oven and bake at 160C°, for 18-20 minutes. When cookies becomes golden brown keep out from an oven and allow them cold. After 10 minutes, your cookies will be ready to serve. 

   

  Once the cookies are golden around the edges, remove them from the oven and let them cool completely on the baking shee this helps them crisp up perfectly. Store your buttery delights in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week, or package them in a festive tin for a heartfelt homemade gift. Pair these delicate, crumbly cookies with a cup of tea, coffee, or a glass of cold milk for a timeless treat. Enjoy the melt-in-your-mouth goodness of your freshly baked butter cookies, and savor every sweet, buttery bite!