How do I make good sugar cookies ???

Question

I'm hungry for some delicious sugar cookies, I need a recipe, please .

Answer 1

This is my family's favorite.

Sugar Cookies

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1-1/2 sticks salted butter, softened
* 3/4 cup granulated sugar
* 1 large egg
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* colored sugars or sprinkles (as desired)
Yield: about 3 doz
* Preheat oven to 325 degrees
* In a medium bowl, combine the flour and salt with a wire whisk
* In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed. Add the egg and vanilla, and beat until well mixed. Scrape down sides of bowl, then add the flour mixture. Blend on low speed until just combined. Don't overmix. (I don't use an electric mixer as the recipe suggests, but the cookies still turn out great)
* Gather dough into a ball. Flatten the ball into a disk and wrap tighly in plastic wrap or a plastic bag. Refrigerate 1 hr or until firm.
* On a floured surface, roll out dough to a 1/4" thickness. With cookie cutters, cut dough into desired shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with colored sugar or sprinkles if desired.
* Bake for 13-15 minutes, being careful not to brown. Immediately transfer cookies with a spatula to a cool, flat surface.

Answer 2

Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
granulated sugar, colored if desired

Directions
Beat butter and shortening thoroughly with an electric mixer or pastry cutter.

Add sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt and mix until well combined.

Beat in egg and vanilla then as much flour as you can with the electric mixer.

Stir in the remaining flour.

Cover and chill for at least 1 hour;

Split the dough in 1/2 and roll one half at a time. Cut out with Valentine cookie cutters.

Keep the piece you aren't using in the fridge.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for about 7 to 8 minutes, until edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned (don't over cook).

Everything in my house is cooked at 325 degrees F and these are no exception *laugh*

Makes 36 cookies.



Sugar Cookie Icing:
Ingredients:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
3 drops red food coloring

Directions
In a small bowl, stir together the confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Add the corn syrup and almond extract; mix well. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.

Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to desired intensity. Dip cookies or paint them with a brush.

Answer 3

1 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
Cream together the butter or margarine, white sugar, brown sugar, and eggs. Add vanilla and stir.
Add the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and mix well.
Drop by spoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Enjoy

Answer 4

Simple

cream a stick of margerine with about a cup and 1/2 of sugar and 1 egg. add 2 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla and cake or bread flour to make a non sticky dough. Kneed a few times but don't over work the dough. Roll out on a floured surface and cut out with cookie cutters or an inverted drinking glass. Place on a greesed sheet and sprinkle with sugar or colored sprinkles etc. bake for about 10 -12 min in preheated 375 oven

Whew that from memory... Try the Betty Crocker cookbook

Answer 5

Easy Sugar Cookies
Cream 3/4 cup sugar and 1 stick oleo. Add 1 egg and beat. Sift 1 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, and add to creamed mixture. Add 1 tsp vanilla. Make in balls size of a walnut and roll in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees until light tan. Do not over bake.

Easy and Very Good!

Answer 6

WORLD'S BEST SUGAR COOKIES

1 c. butter
1 c. vegetable oil
1 c. sugar
1 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 beaten eggs
5 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar

Cream butter, oil and sugars; add vanilla. Stir in eggs and beat well, add dry ingredients and chill. Roll in walnut size ball, flatten with glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Very crisp. Half of a recipe makes a lot.

I recommend sifting the flour to make them lighter and more tastier
Bon Apatite'

Answer 7

Wonderful Sugar Cookies:

17 min 8 min prep
20 servings

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 large egg
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1. Cream butter and sugars together; add egg, vanilla and almond extract.
2. Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and add dry mixture, mix all together.
3. Bake at 350° for about 6-9 minutes.

Answer 8

*This is AWSOME!
Ultimate Sugar Cookies

Makes 3-4 dozen cookies

Decorations (your choice) granulated sugar, colored sugar crystals, frosting, candies, chips, nuts, raisins, decorating gel

1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 Butter Flavor CRISCO Stick (or 1 cup Butter Flavor CRISCO all-vegetable shortening)
2 eggs
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour (plus 4 tablespoons), divided
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Combine sugar and shortening in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, syrup, and vanilla. Beat until well blended and fluffy.
Combine 3 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add gradually to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix until well blended.
Divide dough into 4 quarters. Wrap each quarter of dough with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
Heat oven to 375ºF. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies.
Spread 1 tablespoon or more of flour on large sheet of waxed paper. Place one quarter of dough on floured paper. Flatten slightly with hands. Turn dough over and cover with another large sheet of waxed paper. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Remove top sheet of waxed paper. Cut out with floured cutter. Transfer to ungreased baking sheet with large pancake turner. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Roll out remaining dough.
Sprinkle with granulated sugar or colored sugar crystals, or leave plain to frost or decorate when cooled.
Bake one baking sheet at a time at 375ºF for 5 to 9 minutes, depending on the size of your cookies (bake smaller, thinner cookies closer to 5 minutes; larger cookies closer to 9 minutes). DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool completely, then frost and decorate if desired.