Crumbl Copycat Kentucky Butter Cake Cookies - made dough January 13, 2024 from The Semisweet Sisters
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened salted butter (add 1/4 teaspoon salt if using unsalted)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
Glaze
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
powdered sugar for dusting tops
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until combined. Add egg and vanilla; mix to combine.
- Stir in flour and baking powder, mixing on low speed until combined.
- Portion into 2" dough balls and flatten slightly to thick discs. Evenly space on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake 10-13 minutes or until edges are barely browned and middles are set. Cool completely.
- Prepare glaze: melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar, water and vanilla, whisking until smooth, melted and combined. Spoon glaze over cooled cookies. Dust with powdered sugar.
You'll notice I didn't glaze these. I was packing them up for my military care packages and didn't want a glaze to add too much moisture to the cookies and potentially have them mold before they got to their destination. So technically these weren't a faithful copycat by my choice. But that didn't matter as these were fabulous cookies in their own right. Flavor-wise, they were quite similar to the Crumbl original.
Of course, I had to get the Crumbl Kentucky Butter Cake so I could do a side by side comparison and taste test; otherwise, what's the point of assessing a copycat recipe? I love Crumbl's KBC and this one was as good as last year's.
You can see why I love the Crumbl cookie texture so much. Plus the light buttery glaze was a bonus.
You can also see how closely this copycat recipe mimics Crumbl's cookie texture. Perfection. The only downside to this recipe is it only makes 6 large cookies. Not that that's a big downside as you can always double the recipe or make it multiple times. For my first test run, I only did a single batch and came up with 6 cookies. 5 for the care package, 1 for me. But I'm glad to have another excellent copycat recipe for one of my favorite Crumbl cookies.
Crumbl OG Kentucky Butter Cake |
Inside pic of Crumbl OG Kentucky Butter Cake |
top from Semisweet Sisters copycat recipe, bottom is Crumbl's |