Best Kneaders Sugar Cookies Recipes

THE BEST ROLLED SUGAR COOKIES

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Whenever you make these cookies for someone, be sure to bring along several copies of the recipe! You will be asked for it, I promise! NOTE: I make icing with confectioners' sugar and milk. I make it fairly thin, as I 'paint' the icing on the cookies with a pastry brush. Thin enough to spread easily but not so thin that it just makes your cookies wet and runs off.

Provided by J. Saunders

Categories Desserts Cookies Sugar Cookies

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 ½ cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 109.5 calories, Carbohydrate 14.7 g, Cholesterol 24.6 mg, Fat 5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 92.6 mg, Sugar 6.7 g

KNEADERS SUGAR COOKIES

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Kneaders is a bakery franchise in Utah and has by far the best sugar cookies anywhere. It's the lemon and nutmeg that put them over the top. The owner posted this recipe on a television blog and I am posting it and the icing for you. Hope you love them as much as I. Oh! And this makes a LOT. I just separate into fourths and freeze the others for later...works great!

Provided by JENNIFER Brown @Generali

Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

2 cup(s) butter
2 1/4 cup(s) sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup(s) milk
7 3/4 cup(s) flour
1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1/2 teaspoon(s) lemon flavor
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
1/4 teaspoon(s) nutmeg
1 tablespoon(s) honey
ICING
4 1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar
4 tablespoon(s) corn syrup, light
3 tablespoon(s) milk
1/4 teaspoon(s) lemon flavor

Steps:

Cream Together butter and sugar until fluffy
add eggs, then milk. Scrape the sides of the bowl often
Stir in remaining ingredients. Dough will be soft and sticky
Place dough on well floured pastry cloth or workspace
Knead in just enough flour to make dough workable. Dough will be very soft. It is best to knead with rolling motion so you have a smooth surface and you will not get cracks on the tops of your cookies
Gently roll out to 3/8 inch thick
Cut into desired shapes and place on baking sheet lined with parchment (I did without parchment, works fine)
Bake at 325 for 10-12 minutes or until just the edges barely start to change colors. Makes approx 4 dozen.
for Icing Mix together all ingredients until smooth Dip cookie in icing and smooth with wide side of palm of hand. Let set. Decorate with icing, chocolate chips, candy, coconut, etc.