Buttermilk Cookies

Serves: 5

Amie Torphy

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

51

Sweetness

47

Sourness

35

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3 cups

All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp

Lemon Zest (grated)

1 tsp

Baking Soda

1 tsp

Salt

1.5 sticks

Unsalted Butter (softened)

1.5 cups

Granulated Sugar

2 large

Egg

1 tsp

Pure Vanilla Extract

3 tbsps

Buttermilk (well-shaken)

1.5 cups

Confectioners Sugar

Directions:

1

Make cookies: Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle

2

Butter 2 large baking sheets

3

Whisk together flour, zest, baking soda, and salt

4

Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy

5

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla

6

Mix in flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in batches at low speed, beginning and ending with flour mixture, until smooth

7

Drop level tablespoons of dough about 1 1/2 inches apart onto baking sheets

8

Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until cookies are puffed and edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes per batch

9

Cool cookies on sheets 1 minute, then transfer cookies to racks

10

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle

11

Butter 2 large baking sheets

12

Whisk together flour, zest, baking soda, and salt

13

Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy

14

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla

15

Mix in flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in batches at low speed, beginning and ending with flour mixture, until smooth

16

Drop level tablespoons of dough about 1 1/2 inches apart onto baking sheets

17

Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until cookies are puffed and edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes per batch

18

Cool cookies on sheets 1 minute, then transfer cookies to racks

19

Glaze cookies: Whisk together all glaze ingredients and brush onto tops of warm cookies

20

Let stand until cookies are completely cooled and glaze is set

21

Whisk together all glaze ingredients and brush onto tops of warm cookies

22

Let stand until cookies are completely cooled and glaze is set