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 have Cut Out Sugar Cookies using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Cut Out Sugar Cookies
- Prepare of Cookie Dough Ingredients :.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
- You need 3/4 cup of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1 of large egg, room temperature.
- It's 2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp. of almond extract.
- You need 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour.
- You need 1/2 tsp. of baking powder.
- It's 1/4 tsp. of salt.
- You need of Frosting Ingredients :.
- It's 1 1/2 cups of confectioners sugar.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
- It's 2-2 1/2 tbsp. of room temperature water or milk.
- It's pinch of salt.
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 the butter in a large bowl with the mixer until smooth and creamy, a minute or so. Add in the sugar and cream together another 2 minutes, until fluffy. Add in the egg, vanilla and almond extract and mix an additional minute or two..
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add about half into the wet mix and mix until just combined, then mix in the other half of the flour mix..
- Separate the dough into two seperate, equal portions. Roll each one out on parchment paper to about 1/4 inch thickness. Refrigerate rolled out dough at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours..
- Once dough is chilled and your ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2-3 baking trays with parchment paper..
- Take one dough portion out of the fridge and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Place shapes onto baking trays. Continue to re-roll dough until you've used it all. Repeat with second portion of dough..
- Bake 8-10 minutes (my oven runs hotter and my cookies only took 6 minutes), rotating the baking tray halfway through the cook time. They should be just barely colored and look slightly underbaked..
- Cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack. Allow the cookies to cool completely before frosting..
- Once ready to frost, simply whisk the frosting ingredients together in a medium bowl. If using food coloring, add that in also..
- Frost the cookies in any way you'd like. If using sprinkles, use right after frosting the cookie, before the frosting begins to set..
- Frosting will be completely set within 24 hours, then you can stack them. But you don't have to wait, you can eat them immediately..
- Store at room temperature for up to 5 days..
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).