How to Prepare Tasty Sugar Cookies

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 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sugar Cookies

1. You need 2 1/2 cup of sugar.
2. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of butter, softened.
3. Prepare 4 of eggs.
4. You need 2 tsp of vanilla.
5. Prepare 5 cup of flour.
6. It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.

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

1. 1. In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth..
2. 2. Beat in eggs and vanilla.* can also use strawberry extract or whatever flavor you would like..
3. 3. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt..
4. 4. Cover. Chill at least one hour (or over night).
5. 5. preheat oven to 400° F.
6. 6. Roll out dough on floured surface to 1/4-1/2" thick. Cut into shapes..
7. 7. Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet..
8. 8. Bake 6-8 minutes.
9. Makes approx. 5 dozen depending on size And shape of cookie cutter..
10. * NOTE: I used food coloring and strawberry extract in these for my daughters class Valentines party..

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.