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 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sugar Cookies

You need 6 cup of Flour.
It's 3 tsp of Baking powder.
It's 2 1/2 cup of Sugar.
Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Melted butter.
You need 1 cup of Milk.
You need 1 tsp of Baking soda.
It's 1 tbsp of Vanilla.
It's 3 of Eggs.

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 instructions

Sift all dry ingredients together into a late bowl..
cut into shortening..
Make a hole in the center of above mentioned ingredients and add milk, eggs and vanilla..
Lay flour out on counter/table and place a heaping spoonful of batter in flour. Place flour on top of batter and work together until dough is no longer sticky. Rub flour on your rolling pin and roll dough out to desired thickness. (Thicker dough makes thicker cookies)..
Mix as pie dough. Dough will be very sticky at this point!.
Bake cookies for 13-15 minutes depending upon thickness at 350°F..

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.