Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

A simple sugar cookie recipe with a tender, flaky texture and a buttery taste. Yum!

Makes about 24

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder

Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, mix until just combined. Add flour and baking powder in intervals. Dough will seem as if doesn't have enough moisture but continue to mix with mixer until combined (it will come together when chilled). Divide the dough into four equal parts, shape into four disks, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate about an hour or until firm. Preheat oven to 375 F. Lightly grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper or a non-stick baking mat. Roll out dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper, about 1/4 inch thick for crispier cookies and 1/3 inch thick for softer cookies. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and place on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 7-8 minutes or until edges just start to turn a golden color. For softer cookies, do not allow the cookies to take on color. Remove from oven, let cool for one minute and then transfer to wire rack. Allow cookie sheet to cool thoroughly before placing uncooked dough on it. Decorate cookies with Royal Icing or Buttercream Frosting and sprinkles.

Can be stored in freezer undecorated for 2 months. Dough also freezes well.

Note: Yield varies greatly depending on how thin you roll out the dough and how large your cookie cutters are, but an overall guideline is 24 cookies.

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Reviews of Sugar Cookies:

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  cookie baker  Dec 24, 2008
Would make this again.
These cookies were wonderful. although i had to press down with the cookie cutter really hard cause it wouldt cut through and come back up with it. five stars

  A cookie baker  Dec 24, 2008
Would make this again.
would bake this again!
recipe was excellent!
family loved them :) five stars

  Marvin & Vanessa in Venezuela  Dec 23, 2008
Would make this again.
We just made 200 of these cookies for the family as little christmas gifts and everyone loved them! The recipe was easy to do and cookies were amazing! Thanks christmas-cookies.com for making me look like a baker! five stars

  Donna in Pennsylvania  Dec 23, 2008
Would not make this again.
I didn't like this mix as when I tried to roll it out even after it was chilled, it was hard to form the cookie shapes. They were mushy like and wet. I had to add more flour to the mixture just so I could get the shapes to stay. two stars

  lauren  Dec 23, 2008
Would make this again.
The cookies are tasteful and yummy which make a perfect pairs for sugar cookies. I like the dough, its very rich and good but surely the best part is the real cookies. five stars

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