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Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (2 each)
  • Calories:
  • 268
  • Fat:
  • 8 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 5 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 31 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 184 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 48 g
  • Fiber:
  • 0 g
  • Protein:
  • 3 g

Mom's Buttermilk Cookies

Jane Darling of Simi Valley, California shares her mother's recipe for these comforting "cookie pillows". The tender treats are jazzed up with thick frosting and a sprinkling of chopped walnuts.

SERVINGS

 18

CATEGORY

 Dessert

METHOD

 Baked

PREP

 20 min.

COOK

 10 min.

TOTAL

 30 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • FROSTING:
  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts, optional

DIRECTIONS

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and mix well. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
    For the frosting, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla in a mixing bowl; beat until smooth. Frost the cookies; sprinkle with chopped walnuts if desired. Yield: 3 dozen.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Nov 19, 2008

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