3-Ingredient Butter Cookies
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
18 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
Description
This butter cookie recipe is minimalistic, relying on just flour, butter, and icing sugar to create a smooth dough. The butter is melted and cooled before mixing with the icing sugar, followed by incorporation of the flour to form a soft dough. After a brief refrigeration, dough balls are shaped and flattened with a fork's tines to create a textured top.
Cookies bake at a moderate temperature until the edges develop a slight golden hue, indicating doneness while maintaining a tender crumb. The cookies do not spread much during baking due to the precise ratio of ingredients, especially the butter quantity.
The recipe's simplicity allows for variations such as rolling the dough for cut-out shapes or dipping cooled cookies in chocolate. The cookies can be prepared ahead and make a straightforward treat, balancing buttery richness with subtle sweetness.
The notes highlight the importance of weighing ingredients precisely and the difference in texture when butter is melted or softened. Both methods yield satisfactory results, giving some flexibility in preparation.
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
- Use exact measurements, especially for butter, to prevent the cookies from spreading during baking.
- Both melted and softened butter methods work; melted butter is mixed with icing sugar before adding flour, while softened butter is creamed.
- Shape dough balls before baking and flatten slightly with a fork to achieve consistent cookies.
- For festive variation, roll and cut dough with cookie cutters, then decorate once cooled.
- Cookies can be dipped in melted chocolate after baking and cooling for added flavor.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition 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.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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