Best Susan Strahms Sugar Cookies Recipes

BROWN-EYED SUSAN COOKIES

Brown-Eyed Susan Cookies image

Make and share this Brown-Eyed Susan Cookies recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Kathy

Categories Dessert

Time 42m

Yield 30 cookies, 30 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temperature
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
slivered almonds (optional)
1 tablespoon butter
1 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate square
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons hot milk

Steps:

Heat over to 400°F Grease cookies sheets.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Add sugar, almond extract, and salt. Blend in flour.
Shape a tablespoon of dough into a ball. Place on cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of a glass that has been dipped in flour.
Bake 10-12 minutes, until cookies look dry and are beginning to brown around the edges. Remove to rack. Cool.
Prepare Frosting: In a small saucepan, melt butter with chocolate (or microwave). Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.

BASIC SUGAR COOKIES - TRIED AND TRUE SINCE 1960

Basic Sugar Cookies - Tried and True Since 1960 image

This is my backwoods Mississippi grandmother's own customized sugar cookie dough recipe. Royal icing is recommended, but these are also wonderful without icing. Very light and buttery. My mom stuck with it, and we grew up eating the raw cookie dough before snacking on the cookies at holidays. This will always be my basic cookie dough recipe. It's very quick and easy to make a batch of this dough and to customize. These are common ingredients easily found in most sparsely-stocked kitchens. You don't have to be a master chef to get a batch of these cookies to turn out well.

Provided by crimsontide

Categories Desserts Cookies Sugar Cookies

Time 2h45m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

3 cups self-rising flour
1 cup butter at room temperature
1 cup white sugar, or more to taste
2 eggs at room temperature
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt

Steps:

Mix self-rising flour, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt thoroughly in a bowl; beat at least 5 minutes. Refrigerate dough at least 2 hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
Roll dough out on a floured work surface using a lightly floured rolling pin; cut cookies out with cutters. Place cookies onto baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until cookie bottoms are lightly golden brown, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 81.1 calories, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 17.9 mg, Fat 4.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 141.5 mg, Sugar 4.2 g