If you’ve ever had a chocolate chip muffie, well this recipe is a bright white sugar cookie version. A muffie is half sugar cookie half muffin, its delicious! The texture is amazing, think muffin top meets cookie! Soft cake like Buttermilk Sugar Cookies are perfect for any occasion, simple and classic. These Fluffy Buttermilk Sugar Cookies are perfect for a snack, bring to pass at a party, or for a dessert. This recipe has been passed down to me from my grandma, who got this recipe from a friend at church. Learn what’s in them and how to make them below!
Just like the recipe in the instruction card below, these cookies are super simple to make.
You will need:
- All-Purpose Flour– to give structure
- Salt– balance and bring out flavors
- Baking Soda– raising agent so cookies aren’t flat
- Sugar– for sweetness!
- Vegetable Shortening– instead of butter, we are going old school with Crisco (vegetable shortening), everything tastes better with it says my grandma!
- Eggs– to bind ingredients together and for richness
- Vanilla– for added flavor
- Buttermilk– acid in buttermilk gives flavor and a soft texture
How To Make Buttermilk Sugar Cookies:
Sift & Whisk Dry Ingredients: Flour, Salt, & Baking Soda
Cream: Sugar & Vegetable Shortening together on medium speed until light and fluffy
Add: Vanilla & Eggs, beat well until fully incorporated with the sugar and shortening
Alternate: Buttermilk and Dry Ingredients into the creamed mixture until fully incorporated, remember to scrape down bowl when necessary.
Spoon: Cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet by using two spoons to pick up a mound of dough and one spoon to smooth it out. (As shown below) This is not a type of cookie dough that you roll into balls with your hands, think of biscuit dough consistency. This dough will be very sticky. There will be six cookies baked per cookie sheet to allow space for them to expand. This recipe makes 16-18 cookies.
Sprinkle: Each cookie with a bit of sugar on top. The sugar is for looks, as well as a little crunch on top.
Bake: At 375 for 9-11 minutes or until golden on the bottom.
Cool: On a wire rack, and enjoy!
These Fluffy Buttermilk Sugar Cookies are to great to bring to a party/gathering, trust me they will be gone. They’re always gone at my family events! So light and airy, just melt in your mouth. Hope you try these cookies out, enjoy!
Fluffy Buttermilk Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 cups (500 grams) all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar ,plus 2 tbsp divided
- 1 cup (172 grams) vegetable shortening (Crisco)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup (257 ml) buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, salt, and baking soda, whisk and set aside.
- In a standmixer fitted with a paddel attachment or a handmixer, cream shortening and sugar together in a large bowl on medium high speed until light and fluffy. About 1-2 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla and mix on medium speed until fully incorporated.
- Alternate dry ingredients and buttermilk into the wet mixture and mix on low until fully incorporated.
- By using two spoons, spoon and spread out a heaping two spoonful amount of dough onto a greased cookie sheet or one that is lined with parchment paper. Use the back of the spoon to make a perfect circle of dough. Bake 6 cookies at a time per cookie sheet. Sprinkle each with a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar before baking.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes. Makes 16-18 cookies. Transfer baked cookies on to a wire rack to cool, and enjoy!