These Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies are a fun spin on my SUPER popular recipe for Kentucky Butter Cake. They’re soft, buttery, glazed and just like little bites of delicious cake!
So I might be unreasonably excited about today’s post. First because cookies. Second because cookies based on the most popular recent recipe on my website, Kentucky Butter Cake. And third because the reason I made these cookies was because I got so many emails requesting me to turn the cake INTO cookies.
So basically these little love nuggets came about because you smart people invented them. Which makes you basically geniuses. You turned a dessert made to be eaten with a fork on a plate into a dessert I can shove into my face as fast as I can get them off the baking sheet.
Major win.
I do have to say I love turning my favorite cakes into cookie versions…these Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are a prime example.
The original cake recipe is an easy one, but requires cooling time (as all cakes do). Which means the time from oven to tummy is usually a few hours.
These gems on the other hand will be in your belly pretty dang quickly. As God intended.
The cookie dough is really simple. I wanted to get the cookie to really replicate the texture of the cake and I think I nailed it! It’s both dense and soft. Don’t let them over-bake. You want them to be just done or maybe even a little underdone.
While they’re baking whip up your glaze. The cake is glazed while warm…same situation here.
Just a teaspoon or so of glaze works perfect! The glaze half melts into the cookie and half makes a sugary crust. PERFECTION.
It won’t take long for the glaze to set up.
Then dust them with some powdered sugar. Because it’s pretty.
And really….look at that cookie…
These literally melt in your mouth. Please please make them! And then say thank you to yourself 🙂
PrintKentucky Butter Cake Cookies
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PinIngredients:
Cookies
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour
Glaze
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- optional ~ powdered sugar to dust
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone mat. Set aside.
- 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.
- Add in baking powder and salt, continuing to mix and finally the flour. Mix until dough just comes together.
- 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.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes until the edges are slightly golden. Don’t over-bake.
Glaze
- While the cookies are baking combine all ingredients into 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.
- Allow the glaze to cool slightly (about 5 minutes) to thicken.
- 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.
- Dust with powdered sugar after the glaze has set if desired.
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I made these today and they were delicious! I added a tbsp of sweetened lime juice instead of water to the glaze and zested a lime. This really made the glaze tangy and was a nice compliment to the cookie.
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So good and easy to make with the kids. Next time I’ll add something to the glaze to spice it up. Maybe lime?
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These are wonderful cookies. I substituted maple extract for the vanilla in the glaze. My husband loved them.
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That sounds amazing!
These are super addicting!!!!
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we love your skills,
keep sharing!
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These cookies are great!!!
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These look so yummy, and perfect to take to a get together. I love how they are not difficult to make too. Definitely going on my list to make soon. My 11 year old daughter will enjoy making them with me I’m sure!
These amazing little cookies are known as “Crack” in my house. I seriously have to triple the recipe because my family can’t stop a a couple of these.
Love hearing that!!
These were great……..the recipe was easy to follow and the butter glaze is the best….
These were the best butter cookie I have made in a long time. They were easy and delicious. Thank you so much for this recipe I cake wait to make the cake.
I was sadden to see you have no printable recipe version of the paranormal cookies. I do not have time any time of the year to write the recipe down and during the Halloween Holiday I do not have time to read it in the form it is in. To bad sounds like it will be good. All your recipes should be in printable form.
Loved these. My granddaughter needs gluten free foods, will this work with same results using gluten free baking mix?
I have used the brand Cup4Cup which is gluten free flour and it’s worked well.
These are fantastic. My family wanted me to make them again and add pecans, so I just finished the dough. LOL
Ive been making your butter cake recipe for about a year now. I was looking for s good cookie recipe recently and couldn’t believe when I found this! Of course it’s amazing. I also added a Hershey’s kisses to some of them and they were a huge hit!
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WHat a fun idea with the Hershey’s Kiss!!
I want to pin these beauties, but can’t find the pin button. I just got this Chromebook yesterday and I can’t see anything. Can you be my guide to pinning?