Sugar Cookies. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Powdered sugar, for rolling out dough I love sugar cookies that are crisp on the outside and very chewy on the inside. Do not try to roll these cookies out, they are meant to be shaped or dropped. This recipe can easily be made into snickerdoodle cookies by rolling the dough in cinnamon-sugar before baking.

Beat the ingredients together until the butter is light, fluffy and clings to the side of the bowl. These sugar cookies are soft, chewy and produce a flavorful bakery style soft sugar cookie! Quick and easy to make, this recipe makes cookies that turn out perfectly every single time! You can cook Sugar Cookies using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sugar Cookies

It's 1 cup of white sugar.
Prepare 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
It's 2 1/2 cup of flour.
It's 1/2 cup of butter, ONE STICK.
Prepare 2 each of eggs.
Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
It's 1 tsp of nutmeg (optional).

Sugar Cookies are one of my very favorite cookies in the entire world. They are truly one of the most perfect cookies ever. Her daughter, Esther Davis, shared the recipe with me and she came up with all the exact measurements, since the original cookies were mixed by feel and taste. These are my favorite cookies and I hope they'll become yours as well. —Helen Wallis, Vancouver, Washington Sugar cookies are a buttery classic that make a delicious anytime treat.

Sugar Cookies step by step

Mix butter and sugars together until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla extract.
Mix flour, baking soda, (nutmeg if desired), and salt together. Add to wet mixture..
Mix well, cover and refrigerate for at least one hour..
Scoop out small amount and roll into a ball. Roll in sugar (and cinnamon for snickerdoodle) and place onto parchment lined cookie sheets. (if no parchment, I simply buttered the sheet after each use.).
Bake at 350° until lightly brown (approximately 11 minutes), let cool for two minutes on cookie sheet..
Enjoy..

Enjoy your sugar cookies plain, or decorate them with icing to make them festive. This recipe is a favorite of Martha's, who likes to add one tablespoon cognac alongside the egg and vanilla, after creaming together the butter and sugar. In a bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract and egg. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats.