Sugar cookies are a classic treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They are perfect for holiday baking, birthday parties, or any special occasion. With so many different variations on the sugar cookie recipe, it can be hard to know where to start. This article will provide you with some tips on how to find the best recipe for sugar cookies, as well as a few of our favorites. Whether you are a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, we are sure that you will be able to find a recipe that you love.
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3-INGREDIENT SUGAR COOKIES
Butter, sugar and Gold Medal™ flour are all you need for this quick and easy sugar cookie recipe. The best part? It's a make-ahead and make-it-your-own recipe. After you mix up the dough, shape it into a log and chill before cutting the cookie dough into slices for baking. Decorate the cookies by rolling them in holiday sprinkles before chilling, or drizzle an easy powdered sugar icing over sliced tops after baking. Either way, it makes the perfect holiday cookie. However you complete them, it's a buttery, tender cookie that melts in your mouth with every bite. With easy 3-Ingredient Sugar Cookies, you can save time and focus on the decorating fun.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 4h
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In large bowl, beat softened butter and granulated sugar with spoon until well mixed. Stir in flour until moistened, using hands to mix if needed (dough will be crumbly). Knead 5 to 10 times or until dough is smooth.
- Divide dough in half; shape each half into a log, 5 inches long by 2 inches in diameter.
- Spread 2 tablespoons of the nonpareils or decorating sugar on plastic wrap; roll one log in nonpareils to cover. Repeat to cover remaining cookie log in nonpareils. Wrap dough logs tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate about 1 hour 30 minutes or until firm.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Unwrap 1 of the dough logs; cut into 1/2-inch slices. On ungreased cookie sheet, place slices 2 inches apart, reshaping if necessary.
- Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are set. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Unwrap remaining dough log, and repeat slicing and baking. Cool completely, about 40 minutes.
- To make Powdered Sugar Icing Drizzle: In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons of the milk until well blended. If too thick to drizzle, add additional milk, 1/4 teaspoon at a time. Tint with food color. Drizzle over tops of cooled cookies. Sprinkle with nonpareils or decorating sugar. Let stand about 1 hour or until drizzle is set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 150, Carbohydrate 16 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 75 mg, Sugar 5 g, TransFat 0 g
SUGAR COOKIES VIII
These cookies are a family favorite. This recipe has been in our family for generations. We love them!
Provided by Moo-Moo
Categories Sugar Cookies
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix the butter, sugar and egg until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla, lemon and orange extracts.
- Mix the flour and baking soda together and add it to the butter mixture. Mix until combined.
- Bake spoon-sized drop cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove and place cookies on a cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214 calories, Carbohydrate 27.2 g, Cholesterol 37.4 mg, Fat 10.7 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 146.9 mg, Sugar 14 g
CAKE MIX COOKIES VIII
You can vary this recipe. This one is for chocolate cake mix with chocolate chips. You can use peanut butter chips or raspberry chips and nuts instead. You can also add 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Or you can use another flavor cake mix and omit the chocolate chips. The cake mix, butter and egg mixture is the same for all.
Provided by Kristi
Categories Desserts Cookies Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
Time 25m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, stir together the cake mix, butter and eggs until smooth and well blended. Mix in the chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 165.6 calories, Carbohydrate 20.2 g, Cholesterol 25.7 mg, Fat 9.7 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 4.5 g, Sodium 211.6 mg, Sugar 12.1 g
SUGAR COOKIES VIII
These cookies are a family favorite. This recipe has been in our family for generations. We love them!
Provided by Moo-Moo
Categories Sugar Cookies
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix the butter, sugar and egg until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla, lemon and orange extracts.
- Mix the flour and baking soda together and add it to the butter mixture. Mix until combined.
- Bake spoon-sized drop cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove and place cookies on a cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214 calories, Carbohydrate 27.2 g, Cholesterol 37.4 mg, Fat 10.7 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 146.9 mg, Sugar 14 g
SUGAR COOKIES VIII
These cookies are a family favorite. This recipe has been in our family for generations. We love them!
Provided by Moo-Moo
Categories Sugar Cookies
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix the butter, sugar and egg until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla, lemon and orange extracts.
- Mix the flour and baking soda together and add it to the butter mixture. Mix until combined.
- Bake spoon-sized drop cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove and place cookies on a cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214 calories, Carbohydrate 27.2 g, Cholesterol 37.4 mg, Fat 10.7 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 146.9 mg, Sugar 14 g
OLD FASHIONED SUGAR COOKIES II
My friend, Gloria gave me this recipe...she makes these cookies every year for her Christmas family get-togethers. I wanted to save this recipe to my Recipe Box. Nutmeg can be used in place of mace.
Provided by M.FLORES
Categories Desserts Cookies Cut-Out Cookie Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 84
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and mace. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or rub between your fingers. When butter pieces are no larger than pea size, stir in the egg, vanilla and heavy cream. Blend thoroughly. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
- Bake for 5 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges begin to brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks. Cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting: In a medium bowl, beat the confectioners' sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1 1/2 tablespoons of cream and salt until smooth and creamy. Spread on top of cooled cookies. Let the frosting dry before storing or serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 54.3 calories, Carbohydrate 7.3 g, Cholesterol 9.1 mg, Fat 2.6 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.6 g, Sodium 37.1 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
LOWER SUGAR COOKIES
These simple buttery biscuits are made with agave syrup, which is sweeter than sugar, meaning you can add less while still achieving a delicious taste
Provided by Einfach Backen Team
Time 25m
Yield Makes 36
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Beat the flour, butter, agave syrup, egg yolks, the seeds from the vanilla pod and a pinch of salt together in a stand mixer to make a smooth dough. Wrap the dough and chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface and cut out 36 cookies with biscuit cutters.
- Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cover two baking sheets with baking parchment. Lift the cookies onto the baking sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden. Allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
SUGAR COOKIES
This sugar cookie dates back to a Swedish woman born in 1877! Her daughter, Esther Davis, shared the recipe with me and she came up with all the exact measurements, since the original cookies were mixed by feel and taste. These are my favorite cookies and I hope they'll become yours as well. -Helen Wallis, Vancouver, Washington
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape into 1-in. balls. Roll in additional sugar. Place on greased baking sheets; flatten with a glass. Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 60 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 28mg sodium, Carbohydrate 7g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
CLASSIC SUGAR COOKIES
As you might expect from Betty Crocker, these are the classic version of a sugar cookie-the kind your grandma or even great-grandma would recognize. These cookies are the originals that provided a sweet, universally lovable starting point for generations of bakers to riff on, and we stand by them just as they are. With a tender, short texture that comes from a good buttery base, they break with just the right balance of bend and snap. And the taste? When we recently baked up a few batches for pre-Christmas testing, person after person in the Test Kitchens said, "Now THAT is a sugar cookie." While flavor and texture are arguably the key criteria on which cookies should be judged, when it comes to sugar cookies, there's another important factor: how easy they are to decorate. It's crucial that sugar cookie dough can be easily turned into cookies that are equal parts decorative and delicious. During our most recent testing of this recipe, we also noticed that there were no instructions for a glaze in this recipe. Not wanting to leave you-or your cookies-high and dry, we tested a few glazes. The one we landed on is simple and made with common pantry staples, but the magic is in the ratio of ingredients-we ensured that it results in a glaze that's easily tintable, covers smoothly and dries firmly so that you can stack the finished cookies without fear of smudging them. However you chose to decorate them, dress these classic sugar cookies up in holiday style and they'll be the star of every Christmas gathering.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 7h50m
Yield 55
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the softened butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, the almond extract and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Divide dough in half; shape dough into 2 disks, and wrap in plastic wrap. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Roll each disk on lightly floured surface until 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 2- to 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters into desired shapes. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.
- In medium bowl, beat 3 cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla with spoon until smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too stiff to spread, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Tint with food color. Spread frosting on cooled cookies. Decorate as desired with colored sugar or candy sprinkles. Let stand about 4 hours or until frosting is set. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature with waxed paper between layers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 90, Carbohydrate 14 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 50 mg, Sugar 10 g, TransFat 0 g
Tips:
- Use cold butter: Cold butter will help keep the cookies from spreading too much in the oven. If you don't have time to chill the butter, you can put it in the freezer for 15 minutes before using.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy: This will help incorporate air into the dough, making the cookies lighter and more tender.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking: This will help the cookies hold their shape in the oven.
- Bake the cookies at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are just beginning to brown: Overbaking will make the cookies dry and crumbly.
- Let the cookies cool on a wire rack before serving: This will help them to firm up and prevent them from breaking.
Conclusion:
Sugar cookies are a classic holiday treat that are easy to make and loved by people of all ages. By following these tips, you can make perfect sugar cookies that will be a hit at your next party or gathering.
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