Cut Out Sugar Cookies. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Versatile sugar cookie dough is like edible modeling clay. It can be simply rolled into balls and baked, like Snickerdoodles and Chewy Sugar Cookies — but when you want to take it further and cut sugar cookie into shapes, like The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies, these tips will help your sugar cut-out sugar cookies turn out beautifully every time. Cut out sugar cookies aren't just for Christmas. Yes, rolled cookies are fun at Christmas time with the stocking, tree and bell shapes, but they can be just as festive in the spring with flowers, sunshines and bird shapes.
This is the best sugar cookie recipe we've found.
Cut-out sugar cookies are the quintessential holiday cookie.
You'll find them on all most all dessert trays and in every cookie exchange… not to mention, Santa enjoys them as well!
You can cook Cut Out Sugar Cookies using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Cut Out Sugar Cookies
- Prepare 2 1/4 cup of all purpose flour.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- You need 3/4 cup of unsalted butter softened to room temperature.
- It's 3/4 cup of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1 of large egg at room temperature.
- You need 2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.
I don't know about you, but in the past I've tried numerous sugar cookie recipes and none of them were perfect. This Christmas Cut Out-Sugar Cookie recipe is foolproof! They hold their shape after baking and they also taste amazing! My family looks forward to making (and eating!) these cut-out sugar cookies every year.
Cut Out Sugar Cookies instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar in the bowl using a hand mixer.Add vanilla and eggs and beat well. Then add flour, baking powder and salt and beat until combined..
- Divide dough into two equal portions. Shape each piece of dough into a round, flat disc and wrap tightly with plastic wrap.Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, or overnight..
- Remove one sugar cookie dough disc from the refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature for 5 minutes to soften slightly.Place sugar cookie dough on a floured surface and roll to ½” or ¼” thickness (thicker = softer cookies).Use your favorite cookie cutter shapes and cut out the dough and place them 1” apart on the prepared cookie sheets.Repeat until all the dough is used. You can gather and re-roll the dough scraps two additional times (3 times total)..
- Bake in the preheated oven at 350C for 9-10 minutes or until cookies are puffed and just set around the edges. Remove and let sit on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely..
We only make them once a year for Christmas so they really are a special cookie for us. Best-ever recipe for soft sugar cookies you can roll and cut out with cookie cutters! Easy to make, no chilling required, and they don't spread into shapeless blobs as they bake. Made with a secret ingredient that gives them the most incredible flavor, and topped with a cool sour cream icing. I either freeze the rolled out sheets of sugar cookie dough to cut out later (or I chill it overnight in the fridge to make it a day ahead).