Sugar Cookie Recipe
A cut out sugar cookie recipe for soft cookie that hold shape easily without chill time. Perfect for cookie plates during the crazy holiday season! Decorate with the easy icing in this recipe or use my favorite homemade buttercream. See the post below for more details and photos.
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Main Ingredients Needed for My Sugar Cookie Recipe
- butter
- sugar
- egg
- flour
- baking powder
Dough Progression
If you don’t know what you’re looking for, you would mistakenly think that this dough is too dry and crumbly. You might want to add water or milk to make it softer and more cohesive, but DON’T DO IT! Here’s how the dough is going to look as it mixes…
It’s going to be super crumbly for several minutes. Be patient and keep mixing it up!
Eventually, the dough will come together and you’ll be able to roll it out.
Recipe Tips & Notes
- GENTLY roll out the dough. I emphasize “gently,” because sugar cookie dough needs to be handled with a little TLC. It’s sort of like a pie crust, and it tends to crack or break if you’re too rough with it.
- I used this squeeze bottle to decorate the cookies with a super easy icing. It spreads a lot, so just remember that a little goes a long way.
- Baking times will vary depending on the size of the cookies. 4-5 inch cookies take about 9 minutes. 1-2 inch cookies will need about 7 minutes in the oven.
Cut Out Sugar Cookies
A soft cut-out sugar cookie that holds it's shape easily without major chill time. Perfect for Christmas cookies!
Ingredients:
2 sticks (salted) butter, cold
1 c sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Using an electric mixer, beat together the butter and the sugar until smooth.
Mix in the egg and vanilla. Mix in the flour and baking powder until dough forms. Use your hands to form the dough into a disc.
On a floured surface, roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thick and cut into shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
Place cut out dough in the freezer for 5 minutes. Remove and bake for 10 minutes. Let cool completely before icing.
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