Does anyone have a recipe for sugar cookies?

Question

the kind you can "cut out" with cookie cutters? I'd like a recipe that doesn't need to chill. Also do you have a good recipe for icing for the cookies?

Answer 1

SUGAR COOKIES

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs (add one at a time)
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon flavor
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoons baking soda

Mix first five ingredients in order. Stir dry ingredients into the first five, and chill 2 hours. Roll into balls. Place on cookie sheet. Press balls with a bottom of a glass dipped in butter then sugar.
Bake at 350°F for 10 - 12 minutes.

Answer 2

1 cup sugar
1 cup butter - softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
2 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

heat oven to 375
cream butter and sugar together
add egg,vanilla.and almond
sift flour and soda together -
mix into sugar mixture a little at a time
mix well to form a ball
dust table with flour put some dough on that them some flour on the dough so it doesn't stick
roll out 1 / 4 inch thick cut out with cutters
bake on ungreased cookie sheet
bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown.

Icing - powered sugar and just enough milk to mix it up to how thick you want the frosting - make sure your cookies are cool before frosting

Answer 3

The dough will cut easier if you chill the dough. That's why just about all the recipes will call for chilling. When the dough's warm, it sticks to the rolling pin and the cutters.
If you're in a hurry, make drop cookies.

Easy Sugar Cookies

1 pkg. Jiffy pie crust mix
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 egg
1tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. almond extract

Mix everything together. Chill dough (sorry) and cut into shapes. Bake at 350 about 8 min. or until light brown.

These are very flakey and crisp cookies.

Answer 4

Christmas Cutout Sugar Cookies

4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Colored Icing, recipe follows

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a bowl, stir together flour and baking powder. In another bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy and light. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture, a third at a time to make a stiff dough. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll out a portion of cookie dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters. Place on lightly greased or nonstick cookie sheets. Bake until lightly golden, about 10 minute, rotating baking sheet halfway through cooking time. Cool completely on pans about 5 minutes, transfer to cooling racks and cool completely before decorating.

Colored Icing:
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons water
3 to 4 drops food coloring, plus more as needed
Colored sprinkles, optional

In a small bowl, mix sugar and water to form a thick, smooth icing. Stir in food coloring to reach desired shade. Drop icing onto cookies using a small teaspoon and smooth with the back of the spoon. Make additional bowls for additional colors.

Additional multi-colored sprinkles can be added on top of icing before it dries for more decorative cookies, if desired.

Answer 5

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs (add one at a time)
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon flavor
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoons baking soda

Mix first five ingredients in order. Stir dry ingredients into the first five, and chill 2 hours. Roll into balls. Place on cookie sheet. Press balls with a bottom of a glass dipped in butter then sugar.
Bake at 350°F for 10 - 12 minutes.

Answer 6

I haven't gone through all of these to see if they all meet your criteria, but there are 266 recipes here and I am sure MANY of them are really good..the pics look good anyway. Give it a look.

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=sugar+cookies