Buttermilk Cookie Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until edges are lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For frosting, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread over cookies; if desired, sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

Steps:

• For the cookies: Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease baking sheets. In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking soda, and salt, set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture alternating with buttermilk and mix just until blended.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer cookies to cooling racks to cool completley.
• For the icing: In a small mixing bowl on medium speed cream butter until smooth. On low gradually beat in powdered sugar, alternating with milk, adding more if needed. Add vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy.
• Spread icing on cooled cookies and sprinkle with walnuts.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Combine sugar, butter, egg yolk, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk; beat dough well after each addition.
• Clean beaters and beat egg white in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold gently into the dough.
• Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies just start to brown, 10 to 11 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 with rack in the middle of the oven. Butter cake pans and line the bottoms with wax paper or parchment paper cut to fit. Butter the paper. If making cupcakes, use paper liners or butter the cupcake pan.
• Beat the butter and sugar at medium speed with electric mixer until light and fluffy in a large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs one at a time. Scrape bowl and beaters to incorporate.
• Sift the flour with the baking powder and baking soda. Add one quarter of the dry mixture to the butter-egg mixture and then add the vanilla and a third of the buttermilk. Repeat beginning and ending with the flour mixture and scraping well after each addition.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans and spread to the edges with a spatula. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans of a rack for 5 minutes. Turn pans onto the rack, remove parchment paper or was paper and cool completely before frosting.