Best 20 Best Butter Cookies Recipes

THE BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES IN THE WORLD!

Steps:

• In larger bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, and peanut butter until well blended.
• Add egg and vanilla, beat well.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Gradually add to peanut butter mixture, beat until well blended.
• Heat oven to 350 F.
• Shape dough into 1-1/4 inch balls, roll balls in granulated sugar.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• With the tines of a fork, flatten ball.
• Flatten again in opposite direction, forming crisscross marks.
• Bake 9 to 10 minutes until light brown and cookie is set.
• Cool slightly, Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• Cool completely.
• Tips: Only use real butter and Jiff Peanut Butter.
• Don't overcook.
• Use Air cookie sheets for baking.

THE BEST BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter and granulated sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on high speed for a full 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl halfway through the mixing; the butter should be very light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat on medium speed until well combined. Add half the dry ingredients and beat on low speed to combine. Scrape down the mixing bowl before adding the remaining dry ingredients and beat to combine. Refrigerate for 1 hour in the bowl for drop cookies, or form into a 1-inch log for slice-and-bake cookies.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place the turbinado sugar in a small bowl. For drop cookies, scoop the cookie dough with a 1 tablespoon-size cookie scoop and then dip the tops of the cookie dough balls into the sugar. Place onto the prepared baking sheet.
• For slice-and-bake cookies, cut the log into 1/2-inch-thick rounds. Press the tops into the sugar and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake the cookies until slightly puffed and lightly golden on the bottom, about 15 minutes.

THE BEST PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix dry ingredients (other than choc chips).
• Cream shortening, peanut butter, and sugars in seperate bowl.
• Beat eggs and vanilla into shortening and sugar mix.
• Add dry mix.
• Blend chocolate chip in (is a bit tough but well worth it!).
• Bake 11-13 minute.

BEST BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide dough into four 1-1/2 cup portions; mix and shape for each variety as follows. Yield: 4 portions (1-1/2 cups each)., To prepare Cutouts: Using one portion dough, divide into two balls; roll each ball directly on an ungreased baking sheet to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured cookie cutter, leaving at least 1 in. between cookies. Remove excess dough and reroll scraps if desired. Decorate with sprinkles, jimmies or colored sugar if desired. Bake at 375° for 6-7 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen., To prepare Peppermint Balls: In a large bowl, combine one portion dough, peppermint candies and peppermint extract. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with red colored sugar if desired. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen., To prepare Spicy Fruit Balls: In a large bowl, combine one portion dough, currants, fruit and cinnamon. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute then roll in confectioners' sugar if desired. Cool on wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen., To prepare Chocolate Slices: In a microwave, melt chocolate; stir until smooth. In a small bowl, mix melted chocolate into one portion cookie dough. Shape into a 1-1/2-in.-thick log; roll in nuts. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm. Unwrap and cut into 1/8-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks.

BIG GRANDMA'S BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the sugars, Crisco, peanut butter.
• Add the eggs and vanilla.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and add gradually until blended well.
• Roll into tablespoon size balls.
• Roll cookie dough balls into sugar.
• Place on cookie sheets- do not mash with fork in normal "peanut butter cookie" fashion!
• Bake at 350° oven for 11-13 minutes.

BEST EVER PEANUT BUTTER-OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In small bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat Spread and Skippy ® Creamy Peanut Butter until smooth. Beat in sugars, then eggs and vanilla until blended. Beat in flour mixture just until blended, then stir in chocolate.
• On ungreased baking sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart.
• Bake 13 minutes or until golden. Remove cookies to wire rack and cool completely.

BEST EVER BUTTER SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine butter, sugar, and egg in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour, orange juice, vanilla, and baking powder. Beat until well mixed. Divide dough into thirds. Wrap in plastic wrap and shape into disks. Refrigerate until firm (about 2-3 hours).
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. On lightly floured surface roll out dough, 1/3 at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated). Roll to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with decorative sugars if you don't plan on frosting them. Bake 6-10 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned. Cool completely.
• Frost or decorate as desired.
• Preparation time does not include time in refrigerator.

BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES EVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, stir peanut butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Press a criss-cross into the top using the back of a fork.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

BEST EVER PEANUT BUTTER-OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In small bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat Spread and Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter until smooth.
• Beat in sugars, then eggs and vanilla until blended.
• Beat in flour mixture just until blended, then stir in chocolate.
• On ungreased baking sheets, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart.
• Bake 13 minutes or until golden.
• Remove cookies to wire rack and cool completely.

SUSAN BRANCH'S BUTTER COOKIES - THE BEST (REALLY)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• With an electric mixer (even the hand-held kind), cream together the butter and the sugar.
• Add egg yolks and vanilla and mix well.
• Sift flour and salt together, shaking back and forth in a fine sieve.
• Beat into the butter mixture until well-mixed.
• When ready to bake, use an ungreased cookie sheet and place the cookies 1 inch apart.
• Bake for about 10 minutes and DO NOT BROWN THEM.
• Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet while still warm and cool on sheets of waxed paper.
• Decorate if you like:.
• Shape dough into a roll the width of a cookie.
• Wrap in waved paper and chill.
• Before baking, roll in chocolate shots.
• Slice 1/2 inch thick and bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350° for 10 minutes. Do Not Brown.

THE BEST EVER GOOEY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix the butter ( I melt it in the microwave) and cream cheese ( I mix by hand with a wooden spoon, but any spoon would work).
• Add vanilla and the egg mix together.
• Add the Butter flavor cake mix.
• Put in the frig overnight.
• The next day.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray cookie sheet very lightly ( if you use parchment paper don't spray cookie sheet, I prefer the parchment paper).
• Roll dough into balls (about the size of a walnut), roll into powdered sugar.
• Put onto cookie sheet ( I put them 3 in a roll and space out, and only have 4 rolls).
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove from oven, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Let stand on cookie sheet for a few minutes.
• Then remove and let cool.

THE BEST CHOCOLATE BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa and expresso powders; stir until mixture forms a smooth paste. Set aside to cool, about 15 minutes.
• In bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, mix remaining 16 tablespoons butter, sugar, salt, and cooled cocoa mixture on high speed until well combined and fluffy, about 1 minute, scraping sides of mixing bowl once or twice with rubber spatula. Add yolks and vanilla and mix on medium speed until thoroughly combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape sides of bowl. With mixer running on low, add flour in 3 additions, waiting until each addition is incorporated before adding net and scraping bowl after each addition. Continue to mix until dough forms cohesive ball, about 5 seconds. Turn dough onto work surface; divide into 3 4-inch disks. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate until dough is firm yet malleable, 45 to 60 minutes.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Roll 1 dough disk between 2 large sheets of parchment paper to even thickness of 3/16-inch. (If dough becomes soft and sticky, slide rolled dough on parchment onto baking sheet and rechill until firm, about 10 minutes.) Peel parchment from one side of dough and cut into desired shapes using cookie cutter(s) Use a thin metal spatula to transfer the cookie shapes to the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Gather dough scraps and chill to use again.
• Bake about 10-12 minutes. The cookies will offer slight resistance to the touch when done. If they yield too easily, they are underdone. If they begin to darken on edges they have overbaked. Rotate the baking sheet halfway through baking time. Cool for 5 minutes, then, using the spatula, transfer them to wire rack and cool completely,.
• VARIATIONS:.
• Instead of forming dough into disks, you may form it into logs about 2 inches in diameter and 12 inches long. Wrap with plastic wrap to make a nice cylinder. Chill until very firm; then simply slice dough into 1/4-inch slices as you would refrigerator cookies. Continue as above.
• Cookies may be served plain or dusted with sifted powdered sugar. The logs of dough may be rolled in sanding sugar or chopped nuts just before slicing.
• Make a glaze by melting 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate with 4 tablespoons unsalted butter and whisk until smooth. Add 2 tablespoons corn syrup and 1 teaspoon vanilla land mix until smooth and shiny. Use back of spoon to spread scant teaspoon glaze to edge of each cookies. It may be necessary to reheat glaze to keep it spreadable. Allow glazed cookie s to dry at least 20 minutes.
• Mexican Chocoate Butter Cookies: Combine 1/2 cup sliced almonds, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and 1/8 teaspoon cayenne in a medium skillet. Toast until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Allow to cool; then process in a food processor until very fine, about 15 seconds. Follow recipe above for Chocolate Butter Cookies, whisking nut mixture into flour before adding flour to dough in step 2. Proceed with recipe. Roll dough into log and roll the log in 1/2 cup sanding sugar.
• Glazed Chocolate-Mint Cookies: Follow recipe above for Chocolate Butter Cookies, replacing the vanilla extract with 2 teaspoons mint extract. It is nice to melt 1 cup white chocolate chips and drizzle over glazed cookies. Let dry at least 20 minutes before serving.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES-BEST EVER

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 375^. Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with your electric mixer until well blended. Add egg. Beat just until blended.
• 2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
• 3. Drop by rounded measuring Tablespoon of dough 2 inches apart onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• 4. Flatten slightly in a crisscross pattern with the tines of a fork. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until set and just beginning to brown.
• 5. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet before removing to rack or paper to cool completely.

WORLD'S BEST VEGAN PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350.
• Mix Egg Replacer with water until very smooth and set aside. I love BRM but if you have a different favorite egg substitute, use that.
• Cream the margarine and peanut butter together.
• Add the sugar and egg replacer, add the soda, salt and vanilla.
• When all is smooth, add in the flour. Whole wheat pastry flour is much dryer than normal all purpose flour, so once it's been incorporated, add in 1/3 cup of soy or almond milk a bit at a time until you have a smooth dough.
• Turn in your chocolate and nuts, if desired.
• Bake (preferably on a pizza stone) at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

BEST SOFT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl.
• In a separate bowl, melt 1/2 cup butter in microwave.
• Add 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup brown sugar to the melted butter and cream all together.
• Add the other 1/2 cup butter to your prepared butter/sugar combo and mix.
• Add rest of sugar, brown sugar, and the peanut butter. Cream well.
• Add egg whites and vanilla to the butter and sugar mixture and combine once more.
• Gradually add flour mixture to your wet mix about 1/3 cup at a time until all the flour is combined.
• Roll dough into round balls of any size and place on baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Let cool on baking sheet for 1-2 minutes and then remove to a cooled surface. ENJOY!

BEST BUTTER COOKIES EVER

Steps:

• 1. Beat the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla together until smooth and creamy. Mix in the egg yolk, until well incorporated. Add flour and mix just until mixed in.
• 2. Place mixture on a sheet of plastic wrap and roll into a log, wrap up and refrigerate for 2 hours or freeze. Before baking, preheat oven to 325^. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 3. Slice the dough into slices about 1/8 inch thick and place them on the sheets about 1 inch apart- they do not spread much, but they need room to breathe.
• 4. Bake about 12-15 minutes -just until they begin to turn golden around the edges.
• 5. NOTE: -Cookies can be rolled out and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. -Or slice thiner and use as sandwich cookies-put together with frosting. -or make and dip in chocolate of many colors

BEST EVER 'LAND O LAKE' BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Combine 1 cup butter,sugar, and egg in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add orange juice and vanilla; mix well. Reduce speed to low; add flour and baking powder. Beat until well mixed.
• 2. Divide dough into thirds. Wrap each in plastic food wrap; flatten slightly. Refrigerate until firm (2-3 hours).
• 3. Heat oven to 400F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, one-third at a time (keeping menaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 3-inch cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets; sprinkle with decorator sugar (if desired). Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• 4. Combine powdered sugar, 1/3 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency. Tint with food color, if desired. Frost and decorate cooled cookies as desired.

THE BEST BUTTER COOKIES IN THE WORLD

Steps:

• 1. MIX FLOUR AND BROWN SUGAR WELL
• 2. ADD SOFTEN BUTTER. MIX WELL
• 3. KNEED THE DOUGH UNTIL IT ALL COMES TOGETHER
• 4. PINCH OFF PEICES AND FLATTEN WITH HAND
• 5. TAKE A FORK AND RUN LINES ON IT
• 6. BAKE @325 UNTIL YOU THINK THERE DONE (15-20MIN)

ABSOLUTE BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, cream 1 stick of butter, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, and 1/4 sugar until well blended. Beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla.
• 3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Drop a teaspoonful of dough per cookie onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
• 4. Cool on cookie sheet and then transfer to cooling rack.
• 5. For frosting: Mix 1 stick of melted butter and 3/4 cup of peanut butter together. Blend in the confectioners' sugar until the mixture is thick enough to be spreadable. I start with about a cup, and go from there. After the cookies have cooled, spread on the frosting. Keep in an airtight container.

THE BEST CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER NO BAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine sugar, butter, cocoa and milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir constantly and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, remove from heat and add the salt, vanilla and peanut butter and mix until well combined.
• Add oats and mix until full incorporated.
• Drop by spoonfuls or using a cookie dough scoop onto foil or waxed paper.
• Let cool before eating.