Melt In Your Mouth Butter Cookies
From krumkake 15 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 24
When we moved to Fremont, NE in the 1980's, a neighbor made these to welcome us – what a great neighbor! They've been a favorite cookie of ours ever since. They are very delicate and crispy, and tend to be quite fragile. Read more Use tinted frosting to perk up their color - I always used to make them for Valentine's Day with pink frosting and a few red sprinkles. See less
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened shopping list
- 1/3 HEAPING cup powdered sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 cup flour shopping list
- ¾ cup cornstarch shopping list
- dash of salt shopping list
How to make it
- Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla.
- In separate bowl, mix together flour, cornstarch and salt; stir into creamed mixture.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet, flattening cookies with your fingertips (don’t flatten too thin or cookies will break) and keep in a round shape. NOTE: I have found recently, that this dough is actually easy to pick up a small piece and roll into a ball (should be about the size of an acorn), then place on a lightly greased cookie sheet and flatten gently with the palm of your hand...much easier than trying to drop by spoonful and then shape into a circle!
- Bake at 350 degrees for 14 minutes, until just barely browned on top or around the edges.
- Cool several minutes; remove carefully from cookie sheet...the cornstarch and powdered sugar make these cookies very crisp and delicate, and they will break easily if not handled with a gentle hand!
- Cool on waxed paper; frost with powdered sugar frosting, tinting it a soft pastel, if desired.
- NOTE: My daughter's favorite frosting on these is the Browned Butter Caramel frosting that I have posted separately.
heaping one-third cup powdered sugar
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finished cookie dough, light and fluffy
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Patting out cookie dough on baking sheet before baking
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Out of the oven, barely brown around the edges
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Cookies and coffee - best way to start the day!
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These sound wonderful! Can't wait to try.
m2googee
in Tomball loved it
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I love butter cookies but don't bake. I think I'll give these a shot. You get 5 forks from me.
Thanks, Donman :)
donman
in Hammond loved it
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Butter cookies. I have been in love with them my whole life - need I say more. dear Krum? I can't wait to make these...can you attach a couple to an email for me? ;-) Vickie
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in Orlando loved it
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