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Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe
 
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This is my dream sugar cookie recipe...it's my adaption of a recipe by Jill Saunders called "The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies". They really are the perfect dough to work with, and make delicious, sugar cookies that are flavorful, soft, and yet solid enough to hold up under copious amounts of frosting and candy topping. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups butter (3 sticks)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup granulated (regular) sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon lemon extract (or several drops food grade lemon eo) - optional
  • ½ teaspoon butter flavoring - optional
  • 5 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ t. baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
  2. Add eggs and flavorings, and mix to blend.
  3. Measure the flour onto a sheet of wax paper, and mix in baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  4. Stop mixer, and add about ¼-1/3 of the flour mix, and then blend in. Repeat until all of the dry ingredients are mixed in.
  5. Cover and chill dough for at least one hour or overnight for rolled and cut cookies. Or use immediately for spritz cookies in a cookie press.
  6. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  7. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  8. Roll dough on powdered sugar dusted surface to slightly thicker than ¼" (3/8" is what I shoot for).
  9. Dip cookie cutters into powdered sugar between each cut.
  10. Place cookies ¾ inch apart on baking sheets, and bake for 6-8 minutes, until the cookies are just barely brown on the very bottom edge.
  11. Let cool completely before decorating with royal icing or buttercream.
Notes
I add my flavorings last if I am making more than one batch, and want them to be slightly different flavors (butter vs. almond)
Recipe by Gwen's Nest at https://gwens-nest.com/easy-sugar-cookie-recipes/