These little glazed Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies don’t look like much but they sure are tasty. They are liked an amped up version of the classic sugar cookie.
The dough is super simple and the cookies end up buttery, moist and airy. They do have a cake like consistency and the sugar glaze on top adds a nice bit of sweetness.
The glaze isn’t like your typical frosting either. It goes on while it’s warm and then sets up to a sugary “crust”.
Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups flour
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze:
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In your stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until mixed. Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- Add in the baking powder and salt. Then gradually add in the flour until mixed well.
- With a medium cookie scoop, drop onto parchment lined baking sheets 2 inches apart. Bake 9 - 10 minutes or until edges just start to brown. Transfer to cooling racks.
- While cookies are baking, combine glaze ingredients in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat.
- Stir often until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let glaze cool until it just starts to thicken.
- While the cookies are still warm, drizzle glaze by teaspoon over the tops of the cookies. It will drip over the edges so you will want to place waxed paper or parchment paper underneath the cooling rack before adding the glaze.
To make the glaze:
Original recipe from Cookies and Cups.
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