3-Ingredient Butter Cookies
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5.0
30 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
28 mins
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Servings
16 cookies
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Calories
127 kcal
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
International
3-Ingredient Butter Cookies
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3-Ingredient Butter Cookies, a super simple and quick recipe that will go down a treat with the whole family. The cookies require minimal effort and only 3 ingredients that everyone has around, they are rich and buttery and simply melt in your mouth. They are perfect not only during the festive season, but also all year round.
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Ingredients
- 200 g plain flour ( 1 ½ cups)
- 150 g butter ( ⅔ cup)
- 60 g icing sugar (confectioners' or powdered sugar) ½ cup
Instructions
- Melt the butter and allow it to cool slighly.
- Transfer the butter into a large mixing bowl, and sift in the icing sugar.
- Use a spatula to combine the 2 ingredients.
- Sift in the flour, and knead everything into a dough.
- Cover the dough in kitchen foil and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
- Use your hands to shape out dough balls the size of a walnut.
- Transfer them onto a baking tray and use a fork to slightly flatten the cookies.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes or until the cookies are slightly golden.
- Remove them from the oven, and allow them to cool down on the tray for 5 minutes, before transferring them onto a cooling rack to cool down completely.
- Sprinkle them with extra icing sugar.
Notes
- The best thing about these cookies is that they do not spread at all in the oven, which means you don't need to worry much about spacing them too far apart on the baking tray.
- If they do spread it must be because too much butter has been used - it is crucial to weight the ingredients for this cookie recipe, otherwise you will not get the same results.
- I also tried using soften butter instead of melted butter, and I creamed that together with the icing sugar before adding the flour to the mixture. Both methods work very well!
- If you want to turn them into Christmas butter cookies, you can roll the dough and use festive cookie cutters, then decorate them once they are out of the oven and cooled down completely. Or you can dip them into melted chocolate like with my Viennese Finger Cookies.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
127kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
20mg
(7%)
Sodium
61mg
(3%)
Potassium
16mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
234IU
(5%)
Calcium
4mg
(0%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 127 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 127kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 61mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 16mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 234IU | 5% |
| Calcium | 4mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Genuine Reviews
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Overall Rating
5.0
30 reviews
Excellent
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