Best 7 Crispy Sugar Cookies Recipes

CRISPY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until easy to handle., On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters. Place on greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar. , Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

NUTTY CRISPY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets. Stir together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla. Gradually stir in flour mixture until smooth. Stir in nuts. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Flatten cookies with a fork.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown. Cool on baking sheets for a minute before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

AGNES' SUGAR COOKIES (THIN & CRISPY)

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and the sugar.
• Beat in the eggs, cream, and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, then stir into the creamy mixture.
• Cover and chill until firm.
• Roll out on a very lightly floured surface very thin.
• Cut with lightly floured cookie cutters and set onto lightly greased cookie sheets (or line cookie sheets with parchment paper).
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 12-15 minutes (or until light brown).

SUGAR-FREE CRISPY OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Thoroughly cream shortening and sugars: add eggs, vanilla and beat well. (until fluffy). Add flour, salt and soda to creamed mixture: add nuts and oats and mix well. Form dough in log rolls, 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap logs in waxed paper, aluminum foil, or clear wrap, put in freezer until almost frozen.
• With knife slice cookies about 1/4 inch thick. Bake on un-greased cookie sheet at 300°F until golden brown. (The slow baking makes a crispy cookie). Enjoy.

TUTU'S SUPER CRISPY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300°. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugar and salt until smooth and fluffy. Mix the baking soda with the vanilla, then add to the butter mixture. Add the flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well between additions. Gently stir in the Rice Krispies.
• Lightly butter 2 baking sheets. Spoon 2-tablespoon-size mounds of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 3 inches apart. Bake for 15 minutes, then remove the pans from the oven. Gently flatten the cookies with a spatula. Rotate the pans from top to bottom and front to back and continue baking until the cookies are lightly cracked on the top and golden brown on the bottom, about 25 minutes longer. Let cool slightly, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

MY MOM'S CRISPY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Beat the shortening and sugar together until very light and fluffy. Beat the eggs in one at a time, then add the milk and vanilla.
• 2. Sift together the flour and baking powder. Turn your mixer on low and add the flour mixture a cup at a time to the shortening/sugar mixture, mixing only until just incorporated. Dough will be very stiff. Chill the dough several hours, or even overnight.
• 3. There are two ways to finish these cookies. You can roll out portions of the dough (keep remaining dough chilled), use cookie cutters to cut out desired shapes, place on parchment lined baking sheets and bake at 325 until they just start to brown at the edges. Cool slightly, then remove to a rack to finish cooling. You can also just make balls out of the dough, then flatten them with a glass dipped in sugar. You will need to flatten them a LOT, they need to be pretty thin, maybe 1/4 inch. Sprinkle the cookies with regular or colored sugar before baking, if desired.

SUPER CRISPY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 300°. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugar and salt until smooth and fluffy.
• 2. Mix the baking soda with the vanilla, then add to the butter mixture.
• 3. Add the flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well between additions. Gently stir in the Rice Krispies.
• 4. Lightly butter 2 baking sheets. Spoon 2-tablespoon-size mounds of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 3 inches apart.
• 5. Bake for 15 minutes, then remove the pans from the oven. Gently flatten the cookies with a spatula.
• 6. Rotate the pans from top to bottom and front to back and continue baking until the cookies are lightly cracked on the top and golden brown on the bottom, about 20-25 minutes longer. Cool slightly and remove to finish cooling on wore racks.