3 ingredient Butter Cookies – Melt-in-Your-Mouth!

These 3 ingredient Butter Cookies Recipes are inspired by the well known M.Y. San butter cookies every Filipino knows. Packed in a butter yellow box often gifted or bought by OFWs, or people coming or going back to the provinces. This Nostalgic treat is made even more simple and just takes under 30 minutes!

A little history on these butter cookies

This simple butter cookie recipe will evoke a nostalgic feel to those who give the recipe a try. But why does this cookie seem so popular? It actually starts from the brand M.Y. San Butter Cookies. Which also has early products that might sound familiar like Fita, Lion Soda Crackers, Skyflakes, and Graham Crackers. The brand was actually a Family business started by a Chinese immigrant named Mar Yok San, established in 1900. It gained popularity due to its widespread appeal, being able to buy it just as a snack for the family or even be given as a gift to friends over the holidays. 

Now the business has been acquired by Nissin Monde ( since 2001 ) and has been rebranded into “Monde M.Y. San Corporation”. But many still adore the cookies for their sweet buttery taste and nostalgia, from being gifted the cookies from a relative as a pasalubong ( souvenir ), to enjoying this as an afternoon snack, serving these to guests as an afternoon snacks with some coffee as you chat about your day, or to packing some cookies to enjoy at work or school. These cookies have been somewhat of a stable to Filipino households during the holidays and special occasions.

What makes these “3 ingredient cookies” so memorable ? These memorable iconic cookies are so easy to make, you only need 3 ingredients. While you also customize these more like adding an egg to make them more moist and cookies-like, to adding flavorings like cocoa  powder, vanilla, and other syrups. This easy peasy recipe is foolproof and can be done even by kids or kitchen beginners. 

3 Ingredient Butter Cookies Recipe No Egg

Ingredients :

• ½ cup softened salted butter
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• ⅓ – ½ cup powdered sugar

Steps :

1. In a bowl, add in softened butter, all purpose flour, and powdered sugar. Mix well. It might look dry now, but just keep mixing until it looks a bit smooth.

2. Prepare a piping bag with your tip of choice. The bigger the tip, the easier it is to pipe later. Place the batter in and push the tip out. 

3. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Start piping, do any shape you’d like! From an oblong, heart, or swirl. Optional: Pat the sharp edges with your fingers.

4. Bake at a 180°C or 350°F preheated oven for 10 – 12 minutes or until golden. The lighter colored it is the sweeter, the longer you bake and the darker it is the nuttier it tastes.

5. Enjoy !

Try our other Yummy Cookie Recipes :

Questions:

• What if you add an egg ?

For a 3 ingredient butter cookies recipe with egg the difference would be that it will make the cookies feel more tender and softer. It might also puff up more, and keep it moist for longer.

• Turn this recipe into keto 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies ?

Want to make a nutter keto version of the butter cookies? Try this: Replace the butter with a cup of peanut butter, and instead of sugar – use allulose or any keto friendly substitute, and a large egg instead of flour. This is because the peanut butter already has a better structure and can stabilize well with just an egg. Follow the steps after step 1 and you’re ready to enjoy a quick, easy, and ‘healthy’ snack that’s absolutely YUMMY!

Three Ingredient Butter Cookies Resipi ( Tagalog ) :

Mga Sangkap :

• ½ tasa na pinalambot na mantikilya na may asin
• 1 tasa ng harina
• ⅓ – ½ tasa powdered sugar

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa mangkok, ihalo ang mantikilya, harina, at powdered sugar. Haluin hanggang mag mukhang smooth ito.
2. Maghanda ng piping bag at tip. Mas ok kung malaki ito, para mas mabilis mag pipe mamaya. Ilagay ang batter at i-push ang tip palabas.
3. Mag handa ng baking trey na may parchment paper. Mag pipe ng kahit anong hugis na gusto mo, bilog, pa-puso, or pa-swirl. Pwede ding i-smoothen ang mga matulis na gilid gamit ang mga daliri.
4. Ibake sa 180°C o 350°F na mainit na oben ng 10 – 12 minuto o hanggang golden. Pag mas lighter ang kulay mas matamis, pag tinagalan ang pagluto at mas malalim ang kulay mas ‘nutty’ ito.
5. Ienjoy !