Community Pick
Butter Cookies
"These cookies are a Christmas tradition in our home...A very delicious tradition, I might add! Try them in your holiday baking and see what you think! (Prep time includes rolling cookie dough into balls)"
photo by lilsweetie
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 batch
ingredients
directions
- Cream sugar and butter.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Roll dough into balls the size of walnuts.
- Place on ungreased baking sheet (s).
- Flatten balls slightly with your hand, then with a fork.
- Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes until slightly browned.
- Remove from baking sheets and place on rack to cool.
- ***Sprinklewith colored sugar at Christmas time for that festive touch!
Questions & Replies
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Do the cookies freeze well. I'm planning on making them the day after Thanksgiving. And freezing for about three weeks.
Reviews
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I made these for the Cookiethon, then had technical difficulties so didn't get my review posted in a timely manner...sorry, Martha. These were very easy to make. I colored some white sugar with red food coloring and some with green food coloring. The first two pans I sprinkled the sugar on after baking. I wasn't satisfied with this, so for the next two pans, I used a glass dipped in the colored sugar and slightly flattened the cookie balls. This worked beautifully and is definitely the way I'll do it next time. I didn't try the second method initially because I was afraid the sugar on top would make the tops burn, but it didn't at all. Thanks for sharing this recipe Martha! -
Excellent, easy recipe! Made a double batch. I made these even smaller and flattened them with a fork dipped in sugar. After baking I frosted the bottom side of one cookie with a peanut butter concoction I made, then pressed the bottom of another cookie to the filling, like a sandwich. They were SO good! DH's boss came over for dinner that night and there were only six left the next morning, out of 2 1/2 dozen assembled cookies! Of course the kids were crazy for them too! *They were done in about 8 minutes in my gas oven* Thanks for a great cookie! ~Lana~ -
This recipe will now be my one & only butter cookie recipe! So easy & delicious - I had a party of six guests and they ate the entire batch! I didn't use the colored sugar but served with Peppermint Patty fondue for dipping - heavenly! (Just melt 12 ounces of Peppermint Patty candies with 1/4 cup of milk - keep warm for dipping - YUM!). -
These cookies are wonderful!!!! I made them this weekend for my husband. The recipe is easy and the cookies came out very good!! I'll be making these again! -
Nice buttery flavour, melt in your mouth texture. Definitely a keeper. I followed the recipe to the "T", no changes, cooked in the time specified.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
SilentCricket
Highlands Ranch, CO
(As many of you know Silent Cricket passed away on Feb. 29. Since she loved Recipezaar so much and so many on Recipezaar have shown their love for her, and have enjoyed her recipes, her personal information will remain here indefinitely just as she wrote it. Her lines at the end of this section sound somewhat prophetic as the last chapter of her earthly existence has been written.)
Well, the time has come for me to change my users' name. After being, "OzCoMartha" because of having lived for three years in Australia and then moving to Colorado, I have decided to "turn over a new leaf." I chose this name because many moons ago I used to be able to "chirp" like a cricket and the "silent" refers to the present time when I'm taking a break...But, perhaps after a season, however long I decide that needs to be, I may be back and then I will fill in more details about myself...
