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What I Did: I went to a friend’s for dinner and this was for dessert. It tasted good.
My Result:
Next Time I Will: add more oil (?). 
Is there any reason you can’t ask your friend what they did to make them turn out?
You need to refrigerate the dough and keep it cool. Work quickly to cut out the rounds then refrigerate again a few minutes before putting them on the muffin tins and baking. Your fat (oil) melted before the proteins could set in the flour so they spread.
To make it easier maybe put them in the muffin tin instead on the outside