Butter Cookie Recipe

These butter cookies have a melt in your mouth texture with the best buttery flavor! This old fashioned recipe only needs 6 ingredients and can be made in 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 6

Chill: 10

Total Time: 26

Servings:

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
¾ cup (150 grams) granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups (295 grams) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon Kosher salt , 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

Optional: Powdered sugar icing, Sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream 1 cup butter until smooth. Mix in 3/4 cup sugar 2 minutes, or until fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla until combined. (*see notes if piping cookies instead of pressing)
In a medium bowl, whisk the 2 1/4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
With the mixer on, gradually add the flour mixture into the sugar mixture until combined. Cover and chill dough 10 minutes.
Roll dough into small balls and place on the baking sheet. Using 3 fingers, a fork, or a cookie press, press dough balls flat.
Bake 6 to 8 minutes, or until the edges are just barely turning golden. Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Enjoy plain or decorate by topping with powdered sugar icing and sprinkles.

Notes

Pipe the dough: This dough is so pretty when piped and it isn't hard to do.

Add 2 Tablespoons milk when you add the eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture. If the dough is too thick to pipe, add 1 more Tablespoon milk to soften it up.
In a piping bag fitted with an #826 open star pastry tip, add the dough. Pipe cookies in circles onto the baking sheet and follow instructions from there.

Storage: These cookies will keep in a covered container on the counter up to 4 days.

Freeze: Store in a freezer-friendly container in the freezer up to 3 months. When ready to eat, remove from the freezer and let thaw on the counter.

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