The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, cookie baking time! While I bake cookies year round, there’s something special about the holidays and baking for friends and family. Maybe it’s the warmth of the oven in cooler weather or the smells of fresh baked goods, you just can’t help but feel happy.
Holiday baking is a huge undertaking for me, sometimes I find myself baking over 150 cookies a day. Whether you’re baking that much or just a few dozen, an infallible cookie dough recipe is a must.
This recipe for basic sugar cookies can be punched up any way you like. Add some cocoa powder for chocolatey cookies, cinnamon and nutmeg for a little warmth, or lemon for some fruit flavor. This base dough is what I start with for my colored doughs to create fun and colorful edible creations.
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The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions:
In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter and the sugar. Add the egg and vanilla.
Add the flour mixture until combined. When it pulls away from the sides of the bowl, the dough is ready.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until you are ready to use.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep baking sheets with parchment or silpats.
Roll out the dough and use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes.
Place the cookies on the prepped cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes, let cool on a wire rack.
Add icing if desired.
