These Quick and Easy Fork Butter Cookies are made with just 3 simple ingredients and no eggs. Buttery and melt-in-your-mouth, they’re ready in no time. Perfect for serving with afternoon tea, gifting as edible treats, or enjoying as a delightful snack!
Ingredients
- 150 g self raising flour make your own with our homemade self raising flour recipe
- 50 g sugar
- 100 g butter
Optional add ins
- Vanilla extract , ground cardamom, nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan-assisted).
- Add the softened butter to a mixing bowl and beat until softened. You can use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or a handheld whisk.
- Add the sugar and flour, and beat until combined. At this stage add ⅛th teaspoon ground cardamom or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or ⅛th teaspoon nutmeg for flavouring the butter cookies.
- Then, use your hands to form a smooth cookie dough.
- Line two baking trays with with parchment paper.
- Divide the dough into walnut-sized balls and place them on the tray with space between them.
- Dip a fork in water and gently press down on the dough balls.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15-17 minutes or until the cookies are pale golden.
- Remove from the tray and cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition
Calories: 98kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 69mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 135IU | Vitamin D: 0.04µg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
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Tia says
they look like nabisco's Nilla wafers! mmm
Sandhya Hariharan says
@ Thas -- Thanks a ton for selecting this recipe ...
Feeling totally high .. n excited tooo.... Pls do try them and give me a shout on ur results 🙂
Thas @ Cooking with Thas says
Congratulations! A well deserved winning recipe for the 30 best recipes of 2010. I am a huge fan of butter cookies/cakes and looking at the picture is driving me to bake some right away. Nice presentation!
Jay says
yummy cookies...such a nice color n very tempting..
Chow and Chatter says
lovely cookies stay warm I love wearing cool scarfs at this time of year :-0
Foodie Ann says
Gorgeous Pictures..Sandhya...:)
BangaloreBaker says
Sandhya,
I realized you haven't sent me a picture. I tried to grab it from your blog, but you have disabled the right click. I am posting it without a picture, but will update the post with the picture when you send it.
Sharmi says
heavenly looking!
Anu says
Want to grab one..loved butter cookies..
Beena says
These cookies looks so perfect just like the ones we buy from shops. Good blog.. keep it up
Beena
Kurinji says
crispy n yummy!