Nathan Family Butter Cookies Recipes

NATHAN'S PEANUT BUTTER BUTTERSCOTCH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat 1 cup butter for 2 minutes until smooth, scraping the sides and bottom a few times in between.
• Add 1 cup brown sugar and 3/4 cup white sugar. Beat for another 2 minutes, taking the time to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl in between. Your butter and sugar should be light and fluffy with no chunks of butter.
• Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter and mix well.
• Add 2 eggs and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat well, scraping sides and bottom.
• Add 2 cups flour but don't mix it in yet (make sure you spoon and level your flour). Use a small spoon to stir in 2 teaspoons baking soda and 1 teaspoon kosher salt into the flour, then beat in gently. There should still be flour streaks.
• Chop one cup of the dark chocolate chips with a knife. Add to the dough. Add the other cup of dark chocolate chips, and most of the butterscotch chips. (Reserve a handful of the butterscotch chips if you would like to press them into the top of each cookie.)
• Cover the bowl and chill the dough in the fridge for 1-3 hours (or overnight). You can bake the cookies right away without chilling (I tried it) but they will bake a little more flat.
• When the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
• Use a 2-inch cookie scoop to shape the dough into balls. Place the cookies on the lined baking sheets with about 2 inches in between each one.
• Bake the cookies at 350 for 10-11 minutes until the centers are alllmost done being shiny. The edges should be firm and light brown. Do not over bake.
• Immediately after removing these cookies from the oven, use two spoons to push the edges of the cookie toward the center. This will give your cookies a more circular shape, make them thicker and chewier, and the centers even more fudgy. See this Chocolate Chip Cookies post for more details and photos.
• If you saved any dark or butterscotch chips to add to the top, press them in while the cookies are still very warm, within 1-3 minutes of taking them out of the oven.
• Let cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack. You should definitely eat at least one of these warm. Or maybe 2 or 3.

NATHAN FAMILY BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• With an electric mixer equipped with a paddle, cream the butter and sugar together. Add 2 eggs, brandy and vanilla extract.
• Gradually add salt and 3 cups flour, mixing well. Pour out onto a sheet of plastic wrap, wrap tightly, and chill for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Divide dough in two, and put half in refrigerator. On lightly floured surface, roll the other half into a circle 1/8 inch thick. (The thinner the dough, the better.) Cut with cookie cutters of your choice, dipping cutters in flour to prevent sticking. Transfer the cutouts to 2 ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough. Leave as is, or brush with egg yolk, and top with slivered almonds or egg white and tinted sugar.
• Bake in oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cookies are golden, turning trays front to back after 6 minutes. Remove, and cool on wire racks.

AUNT LISL'S BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Child: In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Then mix in the eggs, brandy, salt, vanilla, and flour. Let rest for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
• Adult with Child: Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Child: You can either use cookie cutters or use the point of a toothpick like a knife to cut out cookies in any shapes you want. Let your imagination run free; how about dreidels, Stars of David, candles with flames attached, the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel?
• Once you have cut out the cookies, gently place them on the baking sheet. Then either brush them with egg yolk and sprinkle with nuts and raisins or brush with egg white and sprinkle with blue sugar.
• Adult: Bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Use a metal spatula to gently remove each cookie from the baking sheet to a cooling rack or flat plate.

THE BEST MONSTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper, use a silpat liner, or spray with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl (or bowl of a stand mixer) cream together the butter, brown sugar, and peanut butter until light and fluffy, about 1-2 minutes.
• Mix in the egg and vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• In a separate bowl, add the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt and whisk to combine.
• With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Add the oats, chocolate chips, and M&M candies. Mix on low speed just until dough is combined.
• Use a medium cookie scoop, or about 2 tablespoons cookie dough, and place on the baking sheets. They should look like golf balls.
• Bake the cookies for 7-9 minutes until the edges are just starting to brown and the top still looks slightly undercooked.
• Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
• ** These cookies don't spread much after baking. If you gently press additional m&m's onto the tops of each cookie that will help flatten the cookie to more of a "cookie shape". You can also tap the hot cookie sheet against the countertop or stove top to help the cookies to fall.

AUNT LISL'S BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Then mix in the eggs, brandy, salt, vanilla, and flour. Let rest for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Roll out the dough to 1/8- inch thick. Preheat oven to 350 degree. You can either use cookie cutters or use the point of a toothpick like a knife to cut out cookies in any shapes you want. Once the cookies have been cut out, gently place them on the baking sheet. Then either brush them with egg yolk and sprinkle with nuts and raisins or brush with egg white and sprinkle with blue sugar. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Use a metal spatula to gentle remove each cookie from the baking sheet to a cooling rack or flat plate.

BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium-sized bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat egg, sugar, and vanilla; then add butter to egg and sugar mixture and beat until light and fluffy. Add to dry ingredients and mix until blended. At this point you may also add 1/2 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts.
• Divide cookie dough into two parts and roll in wax paper. Freeze overnight, or at least 4 hours. With a serrated knife, carefully cut frozen dough into slices about 1/4 inch thick. Bake on cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.