Portions: 2 cookies Calories: 97kcal |
Learn how to make butter cookies at home with amazing taste and texture. These homemade tasty raisin cookies are easy to make with simple recipes and ingredients and are the best butter cookies with afternoon tea or coffee.
By - Last revised . Original Jul 2, 2012.
Why I ❤️ it Recipe Ingredients Preparation
Raisin cookies.
Why I ❤️ it
Grab some raisin cookies, and a cup of coffee, and welcome to a great afternoon. This is an easy-to-make cookie dough that takes little time and effort and can be made with vanilla or almond flavors.
Summer vacation for us means lazy afternoons, eating out, procrastinating, spending our evenings drinking coffee and cookies and playing cards, and complaining endlessly about the heat. And coffee time does not get better than with these delicious raisin butter cookies that are easy to make and practically melt in your mouth.
Raisin butter cookies recipe
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Utensils and tools
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment
- Spatula
- Plastic film
- Silicone mat or parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Wire rack
Ingredients
- ¾ cup of salted butter at room temperature
- ⅔ cup of sugar (white, granulated)
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 ¾ cup of all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup of raisins, chopped
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder (optional)
Preparation
Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.
Step 1: Combine
In the stand mixer bowl, combine butter, sugar, and salt. Beat butter over medium speed until it turns creamy, and the butter has a lighter color.
Step 2: Best
Add flour and vanilla extract and mix until it turns into a smooth and uniform mix. Stop halfway and scrape the bowl's sides to ensure everything is mixed uniformly.
Stop the mixer. Fold in the raisins with a spatula.
Make the dough into a ball. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Step 3: Chill
Remove from the fridge. Divide into halves, then into halves, etc. until you obtain about 24 - 30 balls.
Roll into compact balls and refrigerate again for 3 hours.
Step 4: Prepare
Preheat oven to 375°F [190 ºC].
Place the balls on a cookie sheet lined with silicone mat or parchment paper. Press each slightly with the palm of your hand, making a very shallow dip in the center. Sprinkle with the cinnamon.
Step 5: Bake
Immediately place in the oven and bake until the cookies are flatter and golden brown (10 to 15 min).
Cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight jar. Best consumed fresh.
Variations
If you dislike cookies, you can leave them out. The recipe works equally well without it.
You can substitute almond extract for vanilla extract.
If you only have unsalted butter at hand, substitute salted butter for unsalted butter and an extra ¼ teaspoon salt.
Top tips
- This recipe was adapted from this Epicurious recipe. I made several changes to the preparation.
- The most important part is respecting the refrigeration time, especially in the summer, so the cookies hold their shape.
Serving suggestions
Aside from a great cookie to go with coffee or tea, they also make great Christmas cookie gifts, put them in a pretty tin or glass jar for a very environmentally-friendly Christmas gift.
If you want other cookies recipes to try, don't miss these oatmeal cookies, and these ginger cookies. For more kid-friendly recipes, try these peanut butter cookie cups, these cute mermaid pretzel rods, and these homemade marshmallows.
Nutritional information
Calories: 553kcal - Carbohydrates: 23g - Protein: 36g - Fat: 35g - Saturated Fat: 14g - Cholesterol: 116mg - Sodium: 1642mg - Potassium: 765mg - Fiber: 2g - Sugar: 13g - Vitamin A: 1030IU - Vitamin C: 9.1mg - Calcium: 587mg - Iron: 2.2mg
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FAQs
What are the ingredients of butter cookies?
The ingredients for these butter cookies are butter, flour, sugar, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract and cinnamon.
What kind of butter is best for cookies?
For these cookies salted butter is best, but if you only have unsalted butter, you can make it by adding a pinch of salt to it.
How do you make butter biscuits?
To make these butter biscuist, the chilled dough is rolled into balls, flattened a bit, then baked until they turn a beautiful golden color.
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Delicious Butter Cookies Recipe From Scratch
Ingredients
- ¾ cup of salted butter at room temperature
- ⅔ cup sugar white, granulated
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1¾ cup of all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup of raisins chopped
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder (optional)
Instructions
Step 1: Combine
- In the stand mixer bowl, combine butter, sugar, and salt. Beat butter over medium speed until it turns creamy and the butter has a lighter color.
Step 2: Best
- Add flour, and vanilla extract and mix until it turns into a smooth and uniform mix. Stop half-way and scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure everything is mixed uniformly.Stop the the mixer. Fold in the raisins with a spatula.Make the dough into a ball. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Step 3: Chill
- Remove from the fridge. Divide into halves, then into halves, etc. until you obtain about 24 - 30 balls.Roll into compact balls and refrigerate again for 3 hours.
Step 4: Prepare
- Preheat oven to 375°F [190 ºC].Place the balls on a cookie sheet lined with silicone mat or parchment paper. Press each slightly with the palm of your hand, making a very shallow dip in the center. Sprinkle with the cinnamon.
Step 5: Bake
- Immediately place in the oven and bake until the cookies are flatter and golden brown (10 to 15 min).Cool on a wire rack. Store in an airtight jar. Best consumed fresh.
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By , published Jul 2, 2012 on Tia Clara
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I must try this, they look delicious.
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Thanks a lot!
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Those cookies are so yummy and beautiful.