3 Ingredient Cookies (Easy Egg-Free Recipe)

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These 3 ingredient cookies are the easiest ever! With a light and crumbly texture, these make perfect treats any time of the day!

Prep Time30

Cook Time8

Total Time38

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 69.5kcal

Preheat oven to 175°Celsius.
Prepare and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, measure and sift the icing sugar.
Measure and cut butter into small pieces. Add to the powdered sugar.
Cream both the butter and sugar until creamy and well combined.
Sift in the flour and mix until the flour is well combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl and bring the dough together. It will be very soft and sticky at this stage.
Let the dough rest for 10 to 20 minutes.
Scoop the dough into 1 tablespoon size. Form the dough into round balls and place them on the prepared baking tray. Give each ball sufficient space to be flattened and spread lightly during baking.
Using a fork dipped in flour, flatten each cookie ball lightly, imprinting the fork lines horizontally on them. Lif the fork, dip in flour again, and press on the cookies again, this time vertically. Repeat for all the cookie balls.
Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, until the sides begin to turn light golden.
Remove cookies from the oven. Let them rest in the tray for 5 minutes before transferring them onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Store the cookies in an airtight container.

Butter plays an important role in these 3-ingredient cookie recipe. Make sure you use good quality butter, as it will have a significant impact on the taste of your cookies.

This recipe uses powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar. This is so that the sugar dissolves quickly in the dough when mixed.

Powdered sugar tends to be clumpy and therefore it is very important that you sift it first before creaming with the butter.

The creaming process may be able to help break larger clumps, but powdered sugar also tend to have tiny clumps that may not be effectively broken or dissolved with a cake mixer. Hence it is always advisable to sift it first.