Best 6 Giant Sugar Cookies Recipes

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Giant sugar cookies are a delightful treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They are perfect for any occasion, from birthday parties to holiday gatherings. With their simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, giant sugar cookies are a great baking project for both experienced and beginner bakers. This article will provide you with the best recipe to make delicious giant sugar cookies that are sure to impress your family and friends.

Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!

GIANT SUGAR COOKIES



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Start filling up your cookie jar with those popular treats.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cookie Recipes

Time 1h

Yield Makes 10

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar, plus more for sprinkling
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup sour cream

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with one rack in upper third and another in lower third. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
  • Using an electric mixer on medium-high, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 4 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat well to combine.
  • With mixer on low, add half the flour mixture, followed by sour cream, then remaining flour mixture; mix just until smooth. (Dough will be stiff; you may need to finish mixing it by hand with a wooden spoon.)
  • Drop mounds of dough, each equal to about 3 tablespoons, 3 to 4 inches apart, onto two ungreased baking sheets; sprinkle with sugar. Bake until edges of cookies are just firm and tops are barely beginning to brown, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating sheets once halfway through. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

GIANT LEMON SUGAR COOKIES



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These wonderfully chewy cookies have a light lemon flavor from both the juice and zest. The sanding sugar on top adds sparkle and a bit of crunch. -Michael Vyskocil, Glen Rock, Pennsylvania

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield 14 cookies.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
4 teaspoons coarse sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Beat in lemon zest and juice. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape 1/4 cupfuls of dough into balls. Place 6 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten to 3/4-in. thickness with bottom of a measuring cup. Lightly brush tops with water; sprinkle with coarse sugar., Bake until light brown, 12-15 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 340 calories, Fat 14g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 65mg cholesterol, Sodium 147mg sodium, Carbohydrate 51g carbohydrate (31g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.

GIANT SUGAR PLUM COOKIES



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A lovely filled cookie from an old newspaper clipping. Roll some out for your family gatherings or for story time with a glass of icy cold milk. Chilling time not included in preparation time.

Provided by Molly53

Categories     Dessert

Time 27m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 lb fresh plum, thinly sliced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons cornstarch, mixed with
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons lemon juice (fresh is best)
egg, lightly beaten
sugar

Steps:

  • To make the filling: Place plums, sugar and butter in saucepan; cook over low heat until juices flow.
  • Heat to boil; simmer 3 minutes or until plums are tender when pierced.
  • Add cornstarch/water mixture and cook until mixture is clear and thickened; stir in lemon juice and set aside to cool.
  • Sift dry ingredients together.
  • Cream butter and sugars.
  • Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in sifted dry ingredients.
  • Chill dough one hour.
  • Preheat oven to 400F and spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
  • Roll dough on floured board to 1/8" thickness; cut into 3 1/2" circles.
  • Work with only a portion of dough at a time for ease of handling.
  • Cut a 1" hole in middle of half of the circles.
  • Put 2 tablespoons plum filling on center of the other half of the circles.
  • Top with holed circle and crimp edges decoratively with a fork.
  • Arrange on a cookie sheet.
  • Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden; cool on rack.

GIANT CHOCOLATE SUGAR COOKIES



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Make and share this Giant Chocolate Sugar Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by shmeks02

Categories     Dessert

Time 48m

Yield 8 cookies, 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup good-quality unsweetened dutch cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable shortening, substitute 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 375. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
  • 2. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in shortening (or additional butter). Add egg and vanilla; mix until creamy. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until just combined.
  • 3. Using a 2 1/2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing about 4 inches apart. Bake until edges are firm, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to 2 days.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 469.7, Fat 25.9, SaturatedFat 11.7, Cholesterol 56.9, Sodium 202.7, Carbohydrate 58.6, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 37.8, Protein 4.4

GIANT BROWN SUGAR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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These turn out big, crunchy and as my family likes to call them... Chips Ahoy on steroids. Hehe. If your oven fluctuates in heat, or runs a little hot, you may need to cover the cookies with foil halfway through. These are based on cookies found at the Once Upon a Tart bakery shop in NYC

Provided by Hydra

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 9 cookies, 9 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

10 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus
2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (Morton) or 1/2 teaspoon table salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Blend together butter and brown sugar then beat in egg and vanilla.
  • Mix together flour, salt and baking soda and then stir into batter mixture.
  • Stir in chocolate chips and chill dough for about an hour.
  • Use 1/4 cup measure to form large mounds. Bake 17 to 18 minutes.

GIANT LEMON SUGAR COOKIES



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ROLLED in LEMON SUGAR, These cookies are made much like Snickerdoodles. As they are Rolled in LEMON SUGAR, then fattened and Baked. These are very easy to make and Are Giant sized. If you like you can make smaller cookies, but Remember to adjust your baking time as well. These start to turn a Slight golden brn around the edges...

Provided by FREDA GABLE

Categories     Cookies

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 13

GIANT SIZED LEMON SUGAR "CRISP" COOKIES
LEMON SUGAR
2 C sugar (divided)
2 zest divided (of 2 lemons only)
COOKIE DOUGH
1 C butter, softened
2 Lg eggs, @ room temp
1 tsp vanilla
1 TBS lemon juice (from lemon above)
2 3/4 C flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda

Steps:

  • 1. PREHEAT OVEN @ 350 degrees BAKE 10-12 Minutes . . MAKES 24 GIANT cookies
  • 2. 1st. Prepare LEMON SUGAR: In mini food processor, blend 1/2 C sugar with 1 tsp LEMON ZEST. pulse several times till incorporated well into the sugar. Place in shallow bowl and SET ASIDE.
  • 3. PREPARE COOKIE DOUGH: Stir together Flour salt Cream of tartar and baking soda, set aside.
  • 4. In large Mixing bowl, CREAM together BUTTER, and remaining 1 1/2 C sugar, Blend in eggs, one at a time, thn add Vanilla, lemon juice, and remaining Lemon Zest.
  • 5. ADD FLOUR MIXTURE, one cupat a time, blending well after each cup until well incorporated. CHILL DOUGH 1 HR.
  • 6. SHAPE THE COOKIES: using a jumbo cookie scoop or your hands, Shape 2 TBS full of dough into a ball then roll into lemon sugar.
  • 7. Place on Cookie sheet Flatten, by pressing lightly down with bottom of a glass util cookie is about 1/2" thick. REPEAT.
  • 8. (6) cookies will fit on one 18" X 13" baking sheet.

Tips:

  • Chill the dough before baking: Chilling the dough helps the cookies hold their shape and prevents them from spreading too much in the oven.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy: This helps to incorporate air into the dough, which makes the cookies light and tender.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition: This helps to prevent the eggs from curdling.
  • Stir in the dry ingredients gradually: Be careful not to overmix the dough, as this can make the cookies tough.
  • Use a cookie scoop to drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets: This helps to ensure that the cookies are all the same size and shape.
  • Bake the cookies until the edges are just starting to brown: Overbaking the cookies will make them dry and crumbly.

Conclusion:

These giant sugar cookies are the perfect treat for any occasion. They are easy to make and can be decorated in any way you like. Whether you are looking for a simple snack or a festive dessert, these cookies are sure to please everyone.

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