# Kentucky Butter Cookies

These easy-to-make Kentucky Butter Cookies are soft, buttery, and topped with a sweet butter sauce and a dusting of powdered sugar.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 stick softened butter
- 0.33 cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 0.25 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 0.25 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons water
- 0.25 teaspoon vanilla extract
- powdered sugar for dusting

## Instructions

1. Take a stick of softened butter, a third cup of white sugar, and two tablespoons of brown sugar and cream them together.
2. Add in one egg and a teaspoon of vanilla and continue mixing.
3. Add in a cup and a half of all-purpose flour, a teaspoon of baking powder, and a quarter teaspoon of salt and mix until just combined; then stop mixing.
4. Roll the dough into balls about two tablespoon size and flatten them down.
5. Bake the cookies for 10 to 11 minutes at 350°F.
6. While the cookies are baking, melt two tablespoons of butter for the butter sauce.
7. Add in a quarter cup of powdered sugar, two teaspoons of water, and a quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract and mix until the powdered sugar is dissolved.
8. Do not bring the butter sauce to a boil, then remove it from the heat and let it set for about 5 minutes to thicken up.
9. When the cookies are out of the oven, let them cool a little before topping them with the butter sauce.
10. Let the cookies cool completely before dusting them with a little bit of powdered sugar.

## Equipment

- parchment paper
- gas stove

## Tips

- Do not overmix the dry ingredients.
- Roll cookie balls to about two tablespoon size and flatten them slightly.
- Do not bring the butter sauce to a boil.
- Let the butter sauce set for about 5 minutes to thicken.
- Allow cookies to cool slightly before topping with butter sauce.
- Let cookies cool completely before dusting with powdered sugar.
- This recipe only makes six cookies, so consider doubling or tripling it.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-02-11

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