Soft and Chewy Spoon Cookies

These Soft and Chewy Spoon Cookies are soft and buttery with a fragrant vanilla flavor. The combination of eggs, milk, butter, sugar, vanilla, and more creates a sweet and cakier cookie that is delicious dunked into a cup of hot tea or coffee. These cookies work well as a simple dessert or afternoon snack.

The process of making these soft cookies involves first beating the eggs with the sugar followed by the vanilla, milk, and butter. Then, the flour, potato starch, and baking powder get beaten into the wet ingredients until a smooth batter forms. Finally, portions of the batter are dropped onto baking sheets and baked until light gold around the edges. The resulting cookies are great to keep on hand anytime you need a sweet treat with a cup of tea throughout the week.

What are Soft Cookies?

These soft cookies are a simple blend of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla, milk, baking powder, and potato starch. The potato starch is an unusual ingredient but it is essential to ensuring these cookies have a light and fluffy texture.

Many types of soft cookies exist, however, they are not all the same. For example, some varieties include cornstarch rather than potato starch while other include a frosting or glaze.

The best part of these particular soft cookies is how versatile they are. They can be served as a snack or dessert, and pair well with any hot beverage such as coffee, tea, or hot chocolate.

Pro Tips

• Make sure you beat the eggs and sugar until the sugar has completely dissolved as this will incorporate with the rest of the ingredients more easily. You will know you are ready to move to the next step when the mixture is pale colored and foamy.
• Rather than portioning the batter with two spoons, feel free to use a small cookie scoop instead.
• For added flavor, add some lemon zest into the batter for these soft cookies. Alternatively, you could add some almond extract or peppermint extract if you prefer those flavors in your cookies.
• You will know your cookies are baked when they are light golden around the edges and on the bottoms. If you find the cookies are baking too quickly, feel free to pull them out of the oven a little earlier than the set baking time. Alternatively, if they are quite pale once 20 minutes have elapsed, you can bake them for a little longer.
• If desired, you can top the cookies with your choice of festive sprinkles before baking them.
• For a delicious garnish, feel free to top the cookies with regular frosting, cream cheese frosting, or icing sugar glaze.

What to Serve with Soft Cookies?

These soft cookies don’t need anything other than a delicious beverage to dunk them into. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate are all excellent options but they are also excellent served with glasses of ice cold milk.

Can I Make Soft Cookies Dairy-free?

Yes, you can! If you or someone you plan to serve these to is on a dairy-free diet, you can replace the milk with plant-based milk and the butter with a plant-based butter.

Can I Add Chocolate Chips into the Soft Cookies?

Yes, if you would like to add some decadent chocolate flavor to your cookies, you can stir some chocolate chips into the batter. Semi-sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate are all delicious options but you could also mix them with white chocolate if desired.

Can I Dunk Soft Cookies into Melted Chocolate?

For a beautiful garnish, consider dunking your soft cookies halfway into melted dark or semi-sweet chocolate. Then, you can arrange them on a parchment-lined baking sheet and allow them to sit in the fridge until the chocolate sets. If desired, you can sprinkle sprinkles on top of the chocolate or add crushed candy canes if it is the Christmas season.

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How to Store Soft Cookies

These cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature where they should stay fresh for several days or even up to a week. However, you could also freeze them in a sealed bag for several months.

How to Make Soft Cookies

In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until foamy. Beat in the vanilla followed by the milk and melted butter until smooth.

Beat in the flour, sifted potato starch, and baking powder on low speed. Then, increase the speed of the mixer and beat the mixture until a smooth batter forms.

Using two spoons, dollop small portions of the batter onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake in a 180°C (356°F) oven for 20 minutes.

Serve the cookies once they are cooled.