Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe

Easy Sugar Cookies Recipe is Today's Delight.

Try these 2 delicious, easy sugar cookie recipes, both works well as cut outs. Serve as is or decorate with frosting, icing or sprinkles.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, German

Prep Time 2 15

Cook Time 9

Total Time 2 24

Servings pieces

Calories 107kcal

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour spoon and level
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg beaten
1 teaspoon milk
Powdered sugar for rolling out dough and coat rolling pin and cookie cutter

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until combined over medium speed.
Add and beat milk and egg until combined.
Reduce to low speed and gradually add flour.
Use a spatula and scrape the sides and bottom of mixer to fully mixed the ingredients.
Once dough starts to pull away from the side of mixer. Remove dough from mixer.
Form dough into a rectangle and divide in half. Wrap each dough in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Pre-heat oven at 375 degrees F.
Sprinkle working surface and coat rolling pin with powdered sugar then roll out dough to ¼ inch thick. Work on dough one at a time. Leave the other dough in the fridge. Note: It is easier to use 2 sticks with ¼ inch height placed on both sides of dough. Put rolling pin on top of these 2 sticks and roll out the dough.
If dough has warmed during rolling, place cold cookie sheet on top for 10 minutes to chill.
Dip cookie cutter in powdered sugar and cut into desired shape, place at least 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet, parchment or silicone baking mat and bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges.
Rotate cookie sheet halfway through baking time. Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removing from oven and then move to a wire rack to completely cool.
Serve as is or ice as desired. Store in airtight container for up to 1 week.

Notes

To keep cut-out cookies thickness the same, use 2 sticks at least ¼ inch thick placed on both sides of dough. Place rolling pin on top of sticks and flatten dough evenly. Check out image on #7 tips above.

Looking for frosting, try my Easy Sugar Cookie Frosting Recipe.

After baking, transfer cookies on a wire rack to completely cool. Wait a couple of hours before applying frosting. If frosting or icing is applied while hot, it will melt.

Here’s Great Great Grandma’s Sugar Cookie Recipe. If you like fluffy, chewy, soft and flavorful cookies, you will love this. Read my verdict why I chose to feature grandma’s cookies too (not my grandmas recipe but featured in Yahoo.).

¾ cup sugar, ½ cup vegetable oil, 2 eggs beaten, 1 tsp. vanilla, 2 cups flour, 1 tsp. cream of tartar, ½ tsp. baking soda and ½ tsp. salt

Blend sugar and oil. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Chill for 1 day. Roll out on floured wax paper approximately ⅛ inch thick. Cut out cookies and place on greased pan. Bake at 350° for 8-10 min. Enjoy!

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