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Softbatch Cookie Butter Cookies
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Softbatch Cookie Butter Cookies

Softbatch Cookie Butter Cookies are tender, chewy cookies made with creamy cookie butter, brown sugar, and warm spices like cinnamon. The dough is creamed thoroughly to achieve a light texture before adding flour and leavening agents. The final cookies have a soft yet structured crumb with aromatic notes that highlight the cookie butter's unique flavor.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
8 mins
Chill Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 18 mins
Servings: 3
Calories: 168 kcal
Course: Baked Goods
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 egg large
  • 1 cup cookie butter aka Biscoff Spread, creamy
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar packed (dark brown may be substituted)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons vanilla extract yes tablespoons, not teaspoons
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour or up to 1 cup flour as necessary, see directions below, plus 2 tablespoons
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch salt optional and to taste

Instructions

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  1. To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large bowl and electric hand mixer), cream together the egg, cookie butter, brown sugar, and vanilla on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 to 5 minutes. Do not shortchange this creaming step, and if using a hand mixer, 6-7 minutes may be necessary. Don’t overbeat or overdo it so that the oils start releasing (more prone to happening with peanut butter than Cookie Butter); just make sure the mixture is properly creamed.
  2. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, cornstarch, cinnamon, baking soda, optional salt, and mix on low speed until just incorporated, about 1 minute; don’t overmix. The dough will be soft and on the oily side, but it should come together and not be sticky, tacky, or wet. If it is, add up to 2 more tablespoons of flour, for a total of 1 cup, and mix to incorporate. Due to climate and variance in ingredients such as moisture level of brown sugar, volume of egg, brand of Cookie Butter, etc. the flour amount could vary by a few tablespoons.
  3. Using a medium 2-inch cookie scoop, form heaping two-tablespoon mounds (I made 13). Place mounds on a large plate, flatten mounds slightly, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or up to 5 days, before baking. Do not bake with warm dough because cookies will spread and bake thinner and flatter. Properly chilled dough is mandatory.
  4. Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat, or spray with cooking spray.
  5. Place mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet).
  6. Bake for 8 minutes, or until edges have set and tops are just beginning to set, even if slightly undercooked, pale and glossy in the center. Do not bake longer than 9 minutes if you want Softbatch-sytle cookies because they firm up as they cool (The cookies shown in the photos were baked with dough that had been chilled overnight, allowed to come to room temp while the oven preheated, and were baked for 8 minutes. They have slightly chewy edges with soft, pillowy, gooey centers).
  7. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before removing and transferring to a rack to finish cooling.

Notes

  • Properly cream the dough ingredients to avoid oil separation and achieve a light texture.
  • Adjust flour amount up to 1 cup if dough is sticky, depending on ingredient moisture variations.
  • Store baked cookies airtight at room temperature up to one week or freeze for up to four months.
  • Unbaked dough can be refrigerated up to five days or frozen up to four months for future baking convenience.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 168kcal (8%) Carbohydrates 22g (7%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 7g (41%) Cholesterol 14mg (5%) Sodium 163mg (7%) Sugar 15g (30%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 3 Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 168

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 168kcal 8%
Carbohydrates 22g 7%
Protein 1g 2%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 7g 41%
Cholesterol 14mg 5%
Sodium 163mg 7%
Sugar 15g 30%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.