Delicious Butter Cookies
Mouth-Watering Butter Cookies Recipe
Butter cookies are perfect for all occasions, including Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Halloween.
This recipe creates mouth-watering butter cookies. It is impossible to eat just one. Even my husband, who is not a cookie lover, cannot stay away from these. See the link below this recipe for a frosting recipe that goes great with these cookies.
Cook Time
Prep time: 2 hours
Cook time: 5 min
Ready in: 2 hours 5 min
Yields: Approximately 60 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup plant-based butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg replacer, such as Ener-G
- 3 teaspoons flavoring, (vanilla extract, lemon extract, almond extract, etc.)
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat the first three ingredients, until mixed thoroughly. Mix in flavoring.
- In a small bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. Gradually mix into butter mixture.
- Chill dough for at least an hour.
- Roll chilled dough approximately 1/16" thin. Cut dough with cookie cutter(s) and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until lightly browned, approximately 5 minutes.
- Decorate as desired. See frosting recipe link below.
Nutritional Info
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving size: 1 cookie | |
| Calories | 58 |
| Calories from Fat | 27 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Fat 3 g | 5% |
| Saturated fat 2 g | 10% |
| Unsaturated fat 1 g | |
| Carbohydrates 7 g | 2% |
| Sugar 2 g | |
| Fiber 0 g | |
| Protein 1 g | 2% |
| Cholesterol 11 mg | 4% |
| Sodium 6 mg | |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Frosting Recipe
- Cookie Frosting
This frosting is great on butter cookies. The flavor can be modified by using various flavoring extracts.
