**Indulge in the Timeless Delight of Sugar Cookies: A Culinary Journey through Simplicity and Sweetness**
Sugar cookies, the epitome of classic baked treats, have captivated taste buds for generations with their irresistible charm and comforting simplicity. Originating from humble beginnings, these versatile cookies have evolved into a beloved staple in kitchens and bakeries worldwide. Whether enjoyed as a nostalgic childhood snack, a heartwarming holiday tradition, or a delightful accompaniment to a cup of tea, sugar cookies hold a special place in our culinary hearts.
This comprehensive guide presents a curated collection of sugar cookie recipes designed to cater to every palate and skill level. From the quintessential soft and chewy sugar cookies, perfect for creating festive cut-out shapes, to the delectable crinkle cookies, boasting a delightful crackly exterior and a soft, chewy interior, this article offers a treasure trove of options for sugar cookie enthusiasts.
For those seeking a gluten-free alternative, the almond flour sugar cookies provide a delightful combination of nutty flavor and a chewy texture. And for those with dietary restrictions, the eggless sugar cookies offer a delicious indulgence without compromising taste or texture.
Step-by-step instructions, accompanied by helpful tips and tricks, guide you through each recipe, ensuring success even for novice bakers. Whether you prefer the classic rolled-and-cut method or the ease of drop cookies, this article has you covered.
So, embark on a culinary adventure with us as we explore the delightful world of sugar cookies. With each bite, you'll savor the timeless flavors of childhood memories, the warmth of family gatherings, and the simple joy of homemade treats. Ready your apron, preheat your oven, and let's embark on a sweet and satisfying journey through the world of sugar cookies!
EASY SUGAR COOKIES
Quick and easy sugar cookies. This quick and easy sugar cookie recipe is perfect for any occasion, and can be made with just the basic ingredients you already have in your cupboard.
Provided by andrew
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 48 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 175 degrees Celsius.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl; set the mixture aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Once combined, slowly blend in the dry ingredients until evenly mixed.
- Searate dough into tablespoon-sized balls.
- Place onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Place on center rack and bake for 5 to 7 minutes (or until golden brown). Let the cookies sit for 2 minutes before cooling on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 102.9, Fat 5.9, SaturatedFat 3.7, Cholesterol 19.1, Sodium 86.1, Carbohydrate 11.8, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 6.3, Protein 0.9
EASY SUGAR COOKIES RECIPE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees C).
- Mix together flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until you form a smooth mixture. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until incorporated.
- Gradually blend in the dry ingredients until you form a batter. With a spoon or a cookie scoop, form small dough balls and place them onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden.
- Let them sit on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Then transfer the cookies to a wire rack and let them cool to room temperature.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 172 cal
STUPID SIMPLE SUGAR COOKIES
This is a slight variation on another sugar cookie recipe I got out of a magazine. The original recipe called for more flour than I used because that recipe was for roll out cookies, this recipe makes drop cookies. If you want to make roll out cookies, use 2 cups flour instead of 1 1/4 cup. For a different flavor (besides vanilla), try using almond or butter extract (same amount).
Provided by Raincloud_specialty
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 30m
Yield 12-15 cookies, 12-15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cream butter and sugar in bowl until fluffy.
- Add egg and mix until well blended.
- Mix in baking powder and extract.
- Add flour by 1/4 cup at a time. This makes mixing a lot easier, and is better if working with children. If batter is slightly too thin, add flour by teaspoonfuls until desired texture is attained.
- Drop cookies onto baking sheet by tablespoonfuls. These tend to spread out a lot, so it may be best to only put 6-8 on each baking sheet.
- Bake for 14-17 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges.
EASY SUGAR COOKIES
Quick and easy sugar cookies! They are really good, plain or with candies in them. My friend uses chocolate mints on top, and they're great!
Provided by Stephanie
Categories Desserts Cookies Sugar Cookies
Yield 48
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 85.9 calories, Carbohydrate 11.7 g, Cholesterol 14 mg, Fat 4 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 60.1 mg, Sugar 6.3 g
"STUPID COOKIES"
This is a good name for these cookies,they are "Addictive" and you start feeling "Stupid" because you can't stop eating them! They are "GOOD - TASTY & DELICIOUS", no matter how hard you try ... "one is never enough"! PEANUT BUTTER NOTE: For people who are allergic to "Peanuts" and "Peanut Butter" ... there are all kinds of...
Provided by DAYLE CLICK
Categories Cookies
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- 1. Empty into a "large bowl" the Fritos Corn Chips .... and slightly crush with your hands .... set aside.
- 2. Bring sugar and syrup to a boil in a saucepan ... boil for "One Minute" only -- "no longer" or you will be sorry (you won't be able to bite into the cookies).
- 3. Add peanut butter and mix together thoroughly.
- 4. Pour the peanut butter-syrup mixture over the corn chips .... and mix all together.
- 5. Work fast and drop by spoonfuls, the cookies onto a sheet of parchment paper. Note: I use a "Soup Spoon" to scoop-out the cookies onto the parchment paper, it makes a mounded-up cookie about 2 1/2 inches in size.
- 6. After all the mounded-up cookies have been distributed onto the parchment paper ... take your fingers and give each cookie a little "squeeze" together, which will make sure any corn chips found sticking-out "stay" with your cookie mound.
- 7. That's it --- You're Done!
BASIC SUGAR COOKIES
The easy-to-handle dough in this basic sugar cookie is perfect for rolling and cutting. It holds its shape well during baking, tastes great, and the flavor can be changed according to whim: Swap out the vanilla and try adding orange zest, lemon zest, finely chopped rosemary or almond extract. You can also give these cookies a radical makeover by decorating them with icing. A few drops of gel food coloring turn them into Color-Field Cookies; red stripes transform them into Peppermint Stripe Cookies; or a sprinkle of pomegranate seeds and pistachios create Abstract Art Cookies. Rubber spacers on your rolling pin are especially helpful here: They'll help you roll the dough to an even thickness, resulting in beautiful, uniform cookies.
Provided by Susan Spungen
Categories snack, cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 2 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl, and whisk to combine. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, and beat on medium speed until well combined, scraping the bowl as needed.
- Add flour mixture and beat on low speed just until combined. Scrape the bowl and fold a few times to make sure everything is well combined. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, flatten into a disk, and chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out dough 1/4-inch thick. Use 3-inch floured cutters to cut out cookies, and transfer to two parchment- or silicone mat-lined baking sheets, spacing the cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart. Reroll scraps as needed, chilling as needed until firm before rolling and cutting again. Freeze until very firm, about 10 minutes.
- Bake until golden brown at the edges, 12 to 14 minutes.
- Let cool a few minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks, or frozen up to 3 months.
SIMPLE SUGAR COOKIES
One of the simplest sugar cookies ever! When baked, they are delicious and it's hard to keep them in the cookie jar for long...because everyone eats them too quickly.
Provided by Tiffany Clinton
Categories Desserts Cookies Sugar Cookies
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
- Mix sugar, shortening, egg, honey, and lemon extract.
- Stir in remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut into desired shapes. Place 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched. Cool and decorate.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160.2 calories, Carbohydrate 28.6 g, Cholesterol 10.3 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 139.3 mg, Sugar 14.1 g
SO SIMPLE SUGAR COOKIES
This recipe is from Stephanie at allrecipes - my mother said these are just like my grandmother used to make - YUMMY!!!!
Provided by greyghost
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 48 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder in small bowl and set aside.
- In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Gradually blend in dry ingredients.
- Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden.
- Cool.
SIMPLE SUGAR COOKIES
Make and share this Simple Sugar Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by internetnut
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In large bowl, mix sugar and butter. Beat in egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in flour and baking soda.
- Divide dough into halves. Shape each half into roll about 1 1/2"-inch in diameter. Wrap each half in wax paper and refrigerate for approximately 1 hour until chilled.
- Preheat oven to 375. Unwrap rolls and cut into 1/4"-inch slices. Sprinkle each slice with a pinch of sugar. Place on ungreased pan and bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Cool on wire rack. Store in air tight container once the cookies have cooled.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 294.5, Fat 16, SaturatedFat 9.9, Cholesterol 56.2, Sodium 246.6, Carbohydrate 34.7, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 16.9, Protein 3.1
CHEWY SUGAR COOKIES
I love sugar cookies that are crisp on the outside and very chewy on the inside. Do not try to roll these cookies out, they are meant to be shaped or dropped. This recipe can easily be made into snickerdoodle cookies by rolling the dough in cinnamon-sugar before baking.
Provided by Cindy Catudal Shank
Categories Desserts Cookies Sugar Cookies
Time 1h25m
Yield 30
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients until just blended.
- Wrap dough with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and roll the balls in remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned at the edges. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 172.2 calories, Carbohydrate 23.9 g, Cholesterol 12.4 mg, Fat 7.9 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 173.2 mg, Sugar 15.2 g
SUGAR COOKIES - NO BREAK, FAIL-SAFE AND FOOLPROOF
Are you tired of sugar cookie dough that will not roll out properly? Dough's too sticky? That won't cut-out properly? Are you tired of sugar cookies that are too fragile to decorate? If so, then this is the recipe for you. I have the world's worst luck with sugar cookies. 3 years in a row I had great intentions of making cutout sugar cookies for my Christmas baskets. Inevitably, I failed. One year, the dough was way too sticky. Another, the cookies just feel apart. Then I found this recipe. These cookies roll out and cut beautifully, they bake evenly, and they are sturdy enough to frost and decorate yet still taste heavenly. Even my 3yo could not mess these up! And yes, I checked this against all the other sugar cookie recipes on this site -- it's different. And delicious!
Provided by AngelaTN
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 3 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
- In a second bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Sift flour mixture into butter mixture 1 cup at a time and blend well.
- Roll dough into ball and chill 3-4 hours or overnight.
- When ready to prepare cookies, preheat oven to 350°.
- Roll out dough and cut into shapes.
- Brush with milk and sprinkle with colored sugar or candies if desired (or frost cookie once baked and cooled).
- Bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes.
- Remove cookies to a rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1308.8, Fat 65.8, SaturatedFat 40.1, Cholesterol 286.7, Sodium 1076.2, Carbohydrate 163.2, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 67.2, Protein 17.8
Tips:
- Soften the butter: To ensure your cookies have a smooth and even texture, make sure the butter is softened to room temperature before creaming it with the sugar.
- Use high-quality ingredients: The quality of your ingredients will greatly impact the taste of your cookies. Opt for high-quality butter, sugar, flour, and eggs.
- Chill the dough: Chilling the dough before baking helps prevent the cookies from spreading too much and allows the flavors to develop.
- Bake the cookies until the edges are just set: To achieve the perfect balance between chewy and crispy, bake the cookies until the edges are just set and the centers are still slightly soft.
- Let the cookies cool completely: Before storing or enjoying your cookies, let them cool completely on a wire rack. This will help them firm up and develop their full flavor.
Conclusion:
These sugar cookies are incredibly easy to make and require only a few simple ingredients. With their classic flavor and versatile nature, they're perfect for any occasion. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, give this recipe a try and experience the joy of creating delicious homemade sugar cookies.
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