"Best Sugar Cookie Recipe"
Easy · 8 ingredients — shared from Reciquest
4 servings · Easy
Ingredients
- 1 c (226g) unsalted butter
- 1 c (200g) granulated white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 c (360g) all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350*F.
- In a bowl of your mixer, cream butter and sugar until smooth, at least 3 minutes.
- Beat in extracts and egg.
- In a separate bowl, combine baking powder and salt with flour and add a little at a time to the wet ingredients.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: If the dough looks crumbly keep mixing for 30 seconds to 1 minute longer. The dough should be pulling away from sides of the mixer.
- If the dough still oooks too dry or stiff for your mixer, turn out the dough onto a countertop surface, flour surface as needed. Wet your hands and finish off kneading the dough by hand.
- DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH. Divide into workable batches (2 - 3 chunks), roll out onto a floured surface, and cut. You want these cookies to be on the thicker side (closer to 1/4 inch, rather than 1/8 inch).
- Bake at 350* for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to cooking rack.
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