when baking cookies, the dough tastes like raw flour?

Add more sugar and make sure the ingredients are mixed really well. Some butter cookies have less sugar and taste less sweet then other cookies.

Sounds like the flour didn't get incorporated well enough with the wet ingredients.

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BASIC BUTTER COOKIE DOUGH

This recipe is used to make:

Spritz Wreaths

Raspberry Hazelnut Triangles

Orange Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

Mocha Butter Balls

Jewel Bowl Cookies

Spiced Icebox Butter Cookies

Apricot Stars

Almond Butter Crisps

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

4 sticks (1 pound) unsalted butter, softened

1 1/3 cups sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

3 large egg yolks

2 teaspoons vanilla

4 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

In large bowl of a standing electric mixer beat together butter, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in yolks, 1 at a time, and vanilla and beat until smooth. Beat in flour gradually, beating dough until just combined well.

Makes about 3 pounds dough.

If you're sure you have followed the recipe exactly you might try adding a little extra sugar or letting the cookies bake a minute or two longer. You might just try a different recipe!

Flour can taste raw if it's not cooked long enough but it sounds more like something was left out.

mix it better