My friend Jamey emailed me the other day about Blue Chip Cookies, asking if I had them when we lived in KC. Of course I did! The irresistible melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies are slathered with icing, and were all too convenient to some of my favorite lunch spots! I had to try to forget they were there every time I went shopping.
Jamey’s not-so-subtle reminder had me wondering why I had never attempted to recreate them before. Unfortunately, I couldn’t taste test these side by side, but after 3 attempts, I achieved melt in your mouth sugar cookies. Are you ready for this?
See how thick they are? You want one, don’t you? Blame Jamey.
Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies
Servings 18
Ingredients
- 1 c butter softened
- 1 c vegetable oil
- 1 c sugar
- 1 c powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 4 ½ c flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Combine butter, oil, sugars & vanilla until smooth. Blend in eggs.
- Add flour, salt, cream of tarter & baking soda until blended in.
- Refrigerate dough 1+ hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll dough into large golf ball sized balls. {6/cookie sheet}
- Bake 8-9 minutes watching carefully as to not over bake.
- Allow to cool on cookie sheet & thoroughly before icing.
Get the melt in your mouth buttercream icing recipe here!
I can’t wait to hear what you think!
They look delicious. Your recipe calls for vegetable oil. Is that liquid vegetable oil or crisco shortening? Thank you!!
Liquid. Enjoy!
Hi Julie! Love your page! 🙂 I just got done making the dough for these… Do you think they would turn out OK if I tried to make them as cut-outs!? I may be doing some experimenting…
They won’t hold their shape well for cutouts, but my bakery sugar cookie recipe does and it never disappoints.
I hope you enjoyed these as much as we do!
I tried this recipe tonight. I feel like the recipe asked for too much flour. 4.5 cups? The dough was too hard and coarse-like. Anyone else have this problem?
Sugar cookies require a lot of flour. Have you baked them? I can’t wait to hear what you think. Now I’m craving one!
What brand Of butter do you use? And do you use unsalted or salted?
It’s personal preference. I generally use Land ‘o Lakes salted butter. Enjoy!
This recipe is one I have used for years. I first originally found it in a local newspaper holiday cooking page. I lost it and many other favorite recipes when my lap top was stolen. I am so glad I found this. It has always been my favorite. Thank you!
So glad you enjoy it, Kelly! I hope your new year is off to a beautiful start!
Can this dough be rolled out for cookie cutters?
No, but my bakery sugar cookies are perfect for that!
I just made the cookies tonight and they are delicious! However, I do have one question, any tips on how to make them so they are not so crumbly/ difficult to pick up and eat? Thanks!
Hi Rachel! You could bake them a touch longer. Did you wait for them to cool? Otherwise you can cut down the butter by 1 Tbsp or 2.