September 2, 2020

Soft sugar cookies

I thought for most of my life that I didn’t like sugar cookies. Turns out I just didn’t like bad sugar cookies. This recipe makes nice soft sugar cookies. I like to roll them thick and decorate! Modified from this recipe.

Ingredients

1.5 cups softened butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
5.5 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients. Chill for one hour. 

Preheat oven to 400 F. 

Roll out 1/4 to 1/2 in thick. Cut shapes. 

Bake 6-8 minutes.

This makes a LOT of cookies. Works well as a half recipe, and they freeze well, either iced or not. Be sure not to over-bake – just baked, nearly no browning on the bottom.

If you are going to add icing (highly recommended!), make sure you dry them for a good day before stacking. These cookies are also soft, so try not to move them much during the drying – they can flex and the icing can crack when half dry.

(Here’s a royal icing recipe for the decorations!)