Description
Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies bring nostalgic Southern charm to classic dessert traditions. Rich butter and delicate crumb promise sweet comfort with each delightful bite you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies Base:
- 1 box white cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup (75 milliliters) butter, melted
Butter Glaze:
- 1/4 cup (60 milliliters) butter, melted
- 1/2 cup (60 grams) powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Baking Essentials:
- No additional ingredients needed
Instructions
- Prepare the oven environment by heating to 350F (175C), ensuring a consistent temperature for optimal baking.
- Create the cookie base by thoroughly blending cake mix with whisked eggs and melted butter until a uniform dough forms.
- Carefully distribute rounded spoonfuls of dough onto a lined baking sheet, maintaining adequate spacing between each cookie to prevent merging.
- Slide the prepared sheet into the preheated oven and bake for 8-10 minutes, watching for slight golden edges as a doneness indicator.
- During baking, craft the luxurious glaze by whisking melted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until achieving a silky, smooth consistency.
- Immediately after removing cookies from the oven, generously drizzle the warm glaze over each cookie, allowing it to seep into the soft surfaces.
- Allow cookies to rest and absorb the glaze for a few minutes, enabling the flavors to meld and the texture to settle into delectable, buttery perfection.
- Serve at room temperature, presenting these irresistibly tender butter cake cookies as a delightful sweet treat.
Notes
- Customize the cake mix flavor by choosing different varieties like vanilla, yellow, or even chocolate for unique cookie variations.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes before baking to prevent spreading and create more uniform cookies with a perfect texture.
- Adjust the glaze consistency by adding more milk for a thinner drizzle or more powdered sugar for a thicker coating.
- Transform these cookies into a gluten-free option by using a gluten-free cake mix and ensuring all ingredients are gluten-free certified.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 140 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg