Sugar Cookies. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture. 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.
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Beat the ingredients together until the butter is light, fluffy and clings to the side of the bowl.
You can have Sugar Cookies using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Sugar Cookies
- It's 2/3 cup of shortening.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of sugar.
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 1 of egg.
- Prepare 4 tbsp of milk.
- Prepare 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
- It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
Sugar cookies are a buttery classic that make a delicious anytime treat. Enjoy your sugar cookies plain, or decorate them with icing to make them festive. This recipe is a favorite of Martha's, who likes to add one tablespoon cognac alongside the egg and vanilla, after creaming together the butter and sugar. 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.
Sugar Cookies instructions
- Mix the first 3 things together, well..
- Mix in egg and milk and beat until light and fluffy..
- Blend flour, baking powder, and salt together. Mix into shortening and egg mixture. Beat well..
- Chill dough for about hour. Divide dough. Roll out on floured board. Cut into shapes you want.
- I use parchment paper lined cookies sheets. Oven preheated 375, bake for 6 to 8 minutes.
These are my favorite cookies and I hope they'll become yours as well. —Helen Wallis, Vancouver, Washington Our roll-out cookie dough recipe is great for making cut-out cookies of all shapes and sizes. These cut-out sugar cookies will hold their shape and can easily be customized with colorful sprinkles or royal icing. Have a cookie decorating party or gather the kids in the kitchen to bake and decorate Christmas cookies. These cookies tasted great but my dough was so crumbly that i couldn't even roll them out to cookie cut them,,,, i ended up taking bits and pieces and smashing them into the cutter to keep a good design,,,, but to be fair i have never found a non crumbly non chill sugar cookie recipe,,,, makes me hate making them even tho i love to eat them. Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until smooth.