Butterfinger Cookies Recipe

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Carol Kitchens of Ridgeland, Mississippi cautions, "These great cookies don't last long - make a double batch!"

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Butterfinger Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 30 min.
  • Yield: 48 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1-1/4 cups chunky peanut butter
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 5 Butterfinger candy bars (2.1 ounces each), chopped

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg whites. Beat in peanut butter and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in candy bars.
  • Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls and place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 96 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 83 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Butterfinger Cookies in Taste of Home June/July 1998, p67

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Reviewed on Nov. 06, 2011 by pscutler

These are wonderful cookies! I have made them repeatedly!


Reviewed on Mar. 09, 2011 by Elkjers

I have been making this recipe for years and it has always turned out wonderful. I do substitute butter flavored shortening for the butter. I have also made these cookies using chopped up Snickers candy bars and they are equally delicious!!!


Reviewed on Nov. 18, 2010 by parkshore

next time I will use 3 changes. shortening (do they mean Crisco in the blue can?), parchment paper and cake flour. my cookies were as flat as a wimmpy pancake and do not look great enough to give someone as a gift.


Reviewed on Oct. 03, 2010 by jpwoodwa

Great cookies! Make big dough balls cause small ones make the dough stick to the pan and burn when you bake them


Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2009 by paulaf

Yum! A new favorite cookie at our house and one I'll make again and again. Followed the recipe exactly and had no problems. Love this moist, chewy, wonderful cookie!


Reviewed on Aug. 25, 2008 by mtnest_MO

Oh, a thought--I used stick oleo instead of butter, which I think spreads more than oleo. Also, some recipes for peanut butter cookies call for NO flour, and they are good, so 1 cup is fine. Just have oleo at room temperature so that it is not cold, but do NOT melt it. Be sure to measure carefully. Extra sugar can make them more liquid. Be sure you have chunks of candy bar, not all tiny pieces. If they are too small they will melt and not stay in chunks. Good luck!


Reviewed on Aug. 25, 2008 by mtnest_MO

I've made these cookies twice. The first time was not so great, but I learned that you do not flatten the balls like for peanut butter cookies and you cook them until browning around the edges. Then leave them on the pan and let cool 5-6 minutes on the rack, then you can remove them from the pan with a spatula easily. They are scrumptious! I like them better than any other cookie, now! I only used the 1 cup of flour and had great results.

mtnest


Reviewed on Aug. 11, 2008 by Joscy

Have you tried this recipe again since you've added another cup flour? Did they hold their shape ok after baking? I look forward to trying them soon, following your advice. Thank you for the tip!

Sincerely,

Joscey from Oxford NY


Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2008 by Stickygoo

 I'm just a 60 year old want-to-be baker so take this for what it's worth

I tried this recipe and with 1 cup of flour my cookies were a disaster.

I did it again with 2 cups of flour and they came out much better, still nice, moist  and soft days later. I couldn't even keep them together when trying to form the dough into 1 1/2" balls with 1 C of flour.

Your thoughts?


Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2007 by arlene

 
 
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