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Melt-in-your-mouth butterball cookies on placed on cooling rack next to tea cup filled with butterball cookies.

Yummy Butterball Cookies

Nora
Craving the perfect butterball cookies? Look no further! This recipe will guide you through making delicious, melt-in-your-mouth butterball cookies.
5 from 54 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Chilling Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 22 minutes
Course Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine European
Servings 50 Cookies
Calories 64 kcal

Equipment

  • Hand or stand mixer with whisk attachment and dough hook
  • Cling film
  • Teaspoon for cutting out little cookie dough balls
  • Baking tray
  • Baking Paper

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 cup Butter soft
  • ¼ cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 Pulp from one Vanilla pod
  • 1 ½ cups Cake flour
  • ½ cup Cornstarch

For rolling

  • 1 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 ¼ tablespoon Vanilla sugar homemade or store-bought

Instructions
 

  • Mix 1 cup Butter, ¼ cup Powdered sugar, and 1 Pulp from one Vanilla pod for about 5 minutes until creamy (whisk attachment).
    1 cup Butter, ¼ cup Powdered sugar, 1 Pulp from one Vanilla pod
  • Mix in 1 ½ cups Cake flour and ½ cup Cornstarch and then knead into a dough using the dough hook.
    1 ½ cups Cake flour, ½ cup Cornstarch
  • Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 355 °F (180 °C) and line baking sheets with baking paper.
  • With the help of a teaspoon, cut out the dough, shape it into small balls, and cover the baking sheet with them.
  • Bake on the middle shelf for about 12 minutes until light brown.
  • Mix 1 cup Powdered sugar and 1 ¼ tablespoon Vanilla sugar and roll the hot cookies in it.
    1 cup Powdered sugar, 1 ¼ tablespoon Vanilla sugar
  • After cooling, store in a cookie tin.
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Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.
Serving: 1Cookie | Calories: 64kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 29mg | Potassium: 5mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.04mg
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