Description
Kentucky butter cake cookies capture rich Southern butter flavor in a soft cookie soaked with sweet glaze. Every bite tastes like pure comfort.
Ingredients
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Primary Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
Supporting Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Warm your oven to precisely 350°F and arrange two baking racks with parchment paper.
- Blend 1 cup softened unsalted butter with 2 cups granulated sugar until the mixture looks creamy and pale.
- Crack 4 large eggs into the butter mixture, incorporating each one completely before adding the next.
- Pour 1 tablespoon vanilla extract into the batter and mix thoroughly.
- Whisk 3 cups all-purpose flour with 1 teaspoon baking powder and ½ teaspoon salt in a separate bowl.
- Alternate adding your dry ingredients and 1 cup buttermilk to the butter mixture, stirring gently until just combined.
- Drop rounded tablespoon-sized portions of dough onto prepared baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart.
- Place cookies in the preheated oven and bake for exactly 12-15 minutes until edges turn golden brown.
- Remove baking sheets and allow cookies to rest for 3-4 minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack.
Notes
- Brown the butter slightly before creaming for deeper, richer flavor complexity.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before scooping to prevent spreading during baking.
- Use room temperature ingredients to ensure smooth, even mixing and consistent texture.
- For gluten-free adaptation, swap all-purpose flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking blend.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12-15 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8 to 10
- Calories: 450 kcal
- Sugar: 35 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 58 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg