Best Soft Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies Recipes

WHOLE-WHEAT SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk flours, salt, and baking soda.
• In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until it's light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the egg white, vanilla, and almond extract, beat until combined.
• To the butter mixture, add flour mixture, and mix until incorporated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and chill for at least 4 hours.
• Once dough is ready, preheat oven to 325°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Lightly dust a work surface with all-purpose flour and place chilled dough directly onto the work surface. Roll dough out to a 1/4-inch thickness. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes in dough, and gently transfer them to baking sheets. Re-roll dough scraps into new large pieces of dough.
• Bake cookies for 12 minutes or until the edges look golden but not browned. Remove cookies from oven, and cool for 5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• For the icing, whisk together all the icing ingredients in a large bowl until completely smooth. Mixture should have consistency of a glaze. If you want a thicker glaze, add a little more sugar and any food coloring you like.
• Ice cookies by icing the edges first and then filling it in. Let icing harden before serving. Cookies can be kept in an airtight container for up to 3 days. You can also refrigerate dough for up to 5 days and freeze dough up to 30 days.

SOFT WHOLE-WHEAT GINGER SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Stir together flours, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, pepper and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together butter and one cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and then stir in water and molasses. Gradually stir dry ingredients into molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut-sized balls and roll them in remaining two tablespoons sugar.
• Place the cookies two inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten slightly. Bake for 8-10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for five minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

WHOLE WHEAT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine 1 cup sugar and margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add milk, lemon peel, vanilla and egg; blend well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 30 minutes for easier handling.
• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 375°F. for 7 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.

WHOLE WHEAT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix sugar and butter in large bowl until fluffy.
• Add milk, lemon rind, vanilla and egg; mix well.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; mix well.
• Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 375°.
• Mix the 2 Tbsp sugar with the cinnamon.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Roll in the cinnamon mixture.
• Place 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 7-10 minutes, or until light brown.
• Cool for 1 minute before removing from pan.