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 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Sugar Cookies
- You need 2 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of baking soda.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 1/4 cup of margarine.
- You need 2 cup of white sugar.
- You need 2 of eggs.
- It's 2 tsp of sugar.
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 step by step
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium bowl, stir flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside..
- In large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in beaten eggs and vanilla..
- Add dry ingredients to large bowl. Stir until the dough is formed..
- Spoon onto tray 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown..
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.