Easy Recipe: Perfect Sugar•Cookies

Sugar•Cookies. Terrific plain or with candies in them. This recipe uses basic ingredients you probably already have. This easy sugar cookie recipe requires no chilling, no rolling and makes soft sugar cookies that stay chewy for DAYS!

Make the cookie dough: In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and cream cheese with an electric hand mixer on high speed for. A sugar cookie is a cookie with the main ingredients being sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda (depending on the type of sugar used). Sugar cookies may be formed by hand, dropped, or rolled and cut into shapes. You can cook Sugar•Cookies using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sugar•Cookies

1. It’s 2 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
2. It’s 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
3. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
4. It’s 3/4 cup of margarine or room temperature butter.
5. It’s 3/4 cup of granulated sugar.
6. Prepare 1 of large egg.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.

These are my favorite sugar cookies with icing. I shared the recipe on Sally's Baking Addiction several years ago and Why You'll Love These Sugar Cookies. Soft, thick centers with slightly crisp edges. In my house, making holiday sugar cookies is just as much about the icing and the decorating as it is about the baking.

Sugar•Cookies step by step

1. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside..
2. In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on high speed until completely smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, and beat on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl and beat again as needed to combine..
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until combined. Dough will be relatively soft. If the dough seems too soft and sticky for rolling, add 1 Tablespoon more flour..
4. Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Place each portion onto a piece of lightly floured parchment paper or a lightly floured silicone baking mat. With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness. The rolled-out dough can be any shape, as long as it is evenly 1/4-inch thick..
5. Lightly dust one of the rolled-out doughs with flour. Place a piece of parchment on top. (This prevents sticking.) Place the 2nd rolled-out dough on top. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil, then refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours and up to 2 days..
6. Once chilled, preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line 2-3 large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Carefully remove the top dough piece from the refrigerator. If it’s sticking to the bottom, run your hand under it to help remove it– see me do this in the video above. Using a cookie cutter, cut the dough into shapes. Re-roll the remaining dough and continue cutting until all is used. Repeat with 2nd piece of dough..
7. Arrange cookies on baking sheets 3 inches apart. Bake for 11-12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. If your oven has hot spots, rotate the baking sheet halfway through bake time. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating..
8. Decorate the cookies with my sugar cookie icing recipe!.
9. Enjoy!!.

What colors to use for the confectioners sugar icing? These cookies are easy to make and taste amazing. Perfect for any time here is a short recipe for sugar cookies! Combine the flour and salt in a small bowl. Mix with the whisk then set it aside.