basic butter cookie recipe

Name: Basic Butter Cookie Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cup(s) unbleached white flour; 1 stick(s) softened butter; 1 cup(s) warm water; 2 cup(s) white sugar; 1/3 cup(s) instant oats; 1 - egg

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Joanne Hendriksen

Updated on Feb 2, 2015

This basic recipe for is for butter cookies is versatile with a variety of chips added.(Chocolate Chips, Butterscotch Chips, etc.

Rate

prep time 20 Min

cook time 25 Min

method Bake

yield 12-15 serving(s)

Ingredients

3 cups unbleached white flour
1 stick softened butter
1 cup warm water
2 cups white sugar
1/3 cup instant oats
1 - egg

How To Make basic butter cookie recipe

Step 1

Put 1/3 Oatmeal in mixing bowl. Allow butter to reach room temperature, while set aside.

Step 2

Add sugar, flour, baking powder and mix.
Step 3

Fork butter into sugar. Add egg. Mix shaping into 2 inch balls.
Step 4

Press into baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake At 350 degrees. For 20-25 minutes. Then remove from oven, cool 5 minutes and lift with spacula onto serving tray.
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