​
​
​
Simple Sugar Cookies
​
​
I LOVE this recipe! It is slightly different from some of the other
recipes though. First, the cookies don't get brown on the bottom.
Second, they keep their shape while baking. That's why I like to use
this recipe to make the cookies that I will be icing, especially with
flood icing.
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
About the Ingredients
​
​
• Butter-Use unsalted butter if possible; otherwise, omit the
salt in the recipe.
​
• Sugar-Measure carefully and level off.
​
• Egg-I use large or extra-large eggs.
​
• Vanilla-Use a good quality or make your own, recipe here.
​
• Flour-All-purpose or plain flour works best.
​
​
• Baking powder-Always use fresh, check the date!
​
​
• Salt-I like sea salt or kosher salt.
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
With this recipe you can place the unbaked cookies close
together, see above. I like to place them ½-inch apart.
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
Simple Sugar Cookies
​
​
Ingredients
​
​
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
​
• 1 large egg
​
• 2 tsp of a good vanilla
​
​
• 3 cups flour
​
• 2 tsp baking powder
​
• ½ tsp salt
​
​
​
​
​
​
Preheat oven to 350°F. You will need a couple of baking
sheets and parchment paper.
​
​
​
​
Instructions
​
​
​
1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the first 4 ingredients until fluffy, scraping
​
the bowl 2 times.
​
2. Add the next 3 ingredients that have been whisked together and and mix
​
until the dough comes together; be patient, it will come togther.
3. Remove a piece of dough and place it on a piece of floured parchment
paper that has been placed on the counter. Lightly sprinkle flour on the
dough and roll it out to a little less than ¼-inch thick. I use new wooden
paint sticks as a guide to roll on. Dip your cookie cutter in flour and cut
out the desired shapes. The shapes can be ½-inch apart or a little less.​
​
Remove the dough pieces in between the shapes and dust off the
excess flour before returning to the bowl. Lay the parchment with the
cookies on the baking sheet; bake for 8 to 10 minutes until
set. Don't wait until they brown.
​
​
​
​
Tips
​
​
• If you're not decorating, the cookies can be lighly sprinkled with
granulated sugar (colored or plain) before baking.
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
KEYWORDS
best sugar cookies, easy sugar cookies, simple sugar cookies
​
​
​
​
​