Perfect Sugar Cookies. Perfect Sugar Cookie cut outs are soft, thick, sinfully buttery and taste amazing whether they are decorated or not! Terrific plain or with candies in them. This recipe uses basic ingredients you probably already have.
Sugar Cookies are such a classic and a favorite of many people. This easy sugar cookie recipe requires no chilling, no rolling and makes soft sugar cookies that stay chewy for DAYS! Or if you want to decorate cookies, these Cutout Sugar Cookies are perfect! You can have Perfect Sugar Cookies using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Perfect Sugar Cookies
- It’s 1 1/2 cups of unsalted butter (3 sticks), softened.
- You need 2 cups of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 4 of eggs.
- You need 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract (can use almond, peppermint or coconut extract instead).
- You need 5 cups of all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling.
- It’s 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
I have been making sugar cookies a LONG time. My Idea of the Perfect Sugar Cookie. Sugar cookies are sweet, simple and perfect for holiday baking. Perfect sugar cookies should always have equal parts butter and sugar.
Perfect Sugar Cookies step by step
- In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in eggs and extract until well combined – but do not over beat the egg..
- In a separate bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients..
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in batches until well combined..
- Divide dough into quarters, form into discs, and wrap each in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours..
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees..
- Remove one disc from fridge and roll out on floured surface until dough is 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick..
- Cut dough with cookie cutter and bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 6-8 minutes, watching closely. Cookies are done when bottoms are just barely golden brown..
- Let cool completely on wire rack before frosting. Make sure cookie sheets are completely cool to the touch before baking more cookies..
- Frost cookies with Royal Frosting once cookies are completely cool..
The butter and sugar should be creamed together (beat on high) until the butter is lighter in color and ultra fluffy. A good cookie base is an essential component of perfectly decorated sugar cookies. It takes a little practice, but with the right recipe and a few tips it's very easy to bake perfect sugar cookies very time. Perfect Sugar Cookies: This is the perfect recipe for sugar cookies when you need to cut out detailed shapes. The ratios of dry ingredients to liquids ensures that the cookies don't spread too.