3-Ingredient Butter Sugar Cookies
The simplest cookie you can bake: just butter, sugar, and flour mixed, pressed flat, and baked until golden. Soft in the middle, crispy at the edges—ready in 20 minutes.
- Total time
- 20 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 168
- Protein
- 1g
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1.5 cups flour
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 2
Mix butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- 3
Stir flour and salt into the butter mixture until a soft dough forms.
- 4
Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the sheet, then press each ball flat with the bottom of a glass.
- 5
Bake 10–12 minutes until edges are golden and centers still look slightly soft.
- 6
Cool on the sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
Tools you’ll need
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- mixing bowl
- spoon
- glass (for flattening)
- oven
- cooling rack
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