Best Favorite Sugar Cookies Recipes

GRANDMA'S FAVORITE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Place a raisin in the center of each cookie. , Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set and bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.

FAVORITE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine flour and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill 1-2 hours. , Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters. Place on greased baking sheets. Bake 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For frosting, in a small bowl, combine butter, sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve a spreading consistency. If desired, tint with food coloring. Frost cookies; decorate as desired.

BETHANY'S FAVORITE VALENTINE CUT OUT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the butter, sugar, egg, milk, vanilla extract, and almond extract in a large bowl.
• Stir in the flour and baking powder.
• Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Divide the dough into thirds. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each portion to 1/4-inch thick.
• Cut cookies out using a floured cookie cutter.
• Arrange cookies on an ungreased baking sheet about 1-inch apart.
• Bake until cookies are lightly golden, 6 to 9 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

MY FAVORITE ROLL OUT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream sugar and margarine; add egg and flavorings and mix well.
• Stir dry ingredients; mix into sugar and margarine mixture. Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Roll out 3/16-inch thick.
• Bake 7-8 minutes until delicately brown.
• Let cool.
• Icing for Roll Out Sugar Cookies: 2 cups powdered sugar, milk and 1/2 tsp vanilla
• Icing for Roll Out Sugar Cookies: In a mixing bowl, sift powdered sugar.
• Gradually add milk, stirring continuously until mixture is the consistency of a thin glaze. Add vanilla.
• Blend well.
• Food coloring may be added, if desired.

MY FAVORITE ROLLED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together sugar, butter, milk, vanilla and egg.
• Lightly spoon flour into a measuring cup, level off. Add the flour, baking powder and salt to creamed mix, mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour for easier handling.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• On lightly floured surface, roll out 1/3 of the dough at a time to approximately 1/8 inch thickness (I don't whip out a measuring tape at this point--just an estimation--eyeball to the thickness that you prefer.).
• Cut with desired cookie cutters.
• Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate as desired.
• Bake at 400 degrees 5-9 minutes until edges are very light golden. (In my oven, this takes about 6 minutes.) Be careful not to overbake (if you like soft cookies, as I do.).
• Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

FAVORITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES FROM DOMINO SUGAR RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Sift flour, soda and salt together. Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until light. Gradually add flour mixture, beating until smooth. Add chocolate bits and nuts. Drop by teaspoon on ungreased baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven 375°F, 8 to 10 minutes or until edges brown.

MY FAVORITE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine sugar and shortening in a mixing bowl. Beat at low speed just until smooth. Mix in eggs, milk, and vanilla.
• In separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour into sugar mixture and blend until combined.
• Shape dough into a ball and wrap with waxed paper or plastic wrap. Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours until easy to handle.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets or line them with parchment paper.
• Roll out half of the dough at a time on a lightly floured surface. Keep the remaining dough refrigerated. For crisp cookies, roll paper-thin. For softer cookies, roll 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick.
• With floured cookie cutters, cut dough into various shapes. Re-roll dough trimmings into a ball, cover and refrigerate, and continue to cut shapes with chilled dough.
• Place cookies 1/2 inch apart on greased cookie sheets. To glaze, brush tops of cookies with heavy or whipping cream or with an egg white slightly beaten with 1 tablespoon of water.
• Sprinkle cookies with your choice of toppings; bake 8 minutes or until very light brown. Remove cookies and cool completely.

JUDY'S FAVORITE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Blend in vanilla and eggs.
• Add in flour, baking powder, and salt. I usually add in the first three cups of flour, with the baking powder and salt, then I slowly work in the other cups. It requires a lot of muscle near the end.
• Chill dough.
• On a floured surface, roll and cut cookies. For consistency in baking (and not burning) we use wooden rulers on either edge of the dough to make the dough all one thickness. The rulers keep the rolling pin at their level.
• Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Cookies will be golden along the edges, and still very soft in the middle when removed from the oven.
• Let cool on a cooling rack.

FAVORITE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in vanilla eggs and milk.
• Sift together dry ingredients. add to wet ingredient and blend.
• Roll into balls. Flatten on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 5-6 minutes or until they turn pale golden. They should NOT brown. Remove from oven. Transfer to cooling rack after 1 minute. When completely cooled, Frost with buttercream frosting.