The Search for the Perfect Butter Cookie Recipes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Choose a recipe from below and combine ingredients.  Bake in the oven for 7-10 minutes, or until the edges of the cookie are golden brown.  Enjoy!

Butter Cookie 1: Great crumby texture, could use more flavor

  • 1 lb unsalted butter, room temp
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Butter Cookie 2: Great flavor, more like a sugar cookie in texture

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg, room temp
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • few drops of lemon juice

Butter Cookie 3:  needs more flavor, more like a sugar cookie in texture

  • 1 cup crisco shortening, room temp
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg, room temp
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • few drops of lemon juice

Butter Cookie 4: great crumb texture and flavor

  • 1 cup crisco shortening, room temp
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg, room temp
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • few drops of lemon juice

Butter Cookie 5: needs more flavor, more like a sugar cookie in texture

  • 1 cup crisco, room temp
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg, room temp
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • few drops lemon juice

Butter Cookie 6: not a great texture, ok flavor

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • few drops lemon juice

Jam Thumbprints and Chocolate Kiss Cookies

  • Pick your favorite butter cookie recipe.
  • Place a Hershey’s Kiss in center of cookie

OR

  • Make a small indentation in the center with your thumb and fill with a small amount of your favorite jam

Peanut Butter & Jam Thumbprints and Peanut Butter Chocolate Kiss Cookies

  • Pick your favorite butter cookie recipe.
  • Add 1/2 cup peanut butter to the batter
  • Place a Hershey’s Kiss in center of cookie

OR

  • Make a small indentation in the center with your thumb and fill with a small amount of your favorite jam

3 thoughts on “The Search for the Perfect Butter Cookie Recipes

  1. Renee Collins

    If you ever get that recipe, I would like it. Market Basket originally made them in chocolate and vanilla but no sprinkles. Vons bought them out. Somewhere in this old world, someone has that recipe. Hope that we find it before I pass on

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