Description
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!
Ingredients
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For the Cookies
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
For the Glaze
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- 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 the 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 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.
- 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.
