Does anyone know any good recipes for tasty sugar cookies with icing? The ones I tried all ended up tasting like biscuits topped with sugar. I want to be able to make something similar to what they sell at the supermarkets...
2007-03-20 16:04:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Vanilla Sugar Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
PREPARATION:
Cream butter and sugar until light; beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour and baking powder together; stir into creamed mixture. Refrigerate for about 1 hour, or until dough is firm enough to roll. On a floured surface, roll 1/8-inch thick and cut with cookie cutters. Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350°. Makes about 7 to 8 dozen small sugar cookies, or fewer with large cutters.
Mama's Soft Sugar Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sift before measuring
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla*
1/2 cup sour cream
PREPARATION:
Into a bowl, sift together the sifted flour, baking soda, and salt. In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla with an electric mixer. Beat for 2 minutes. Add sour cream and half of the sifted dry ingredients; beat 1 minute.
Stir in remaining dry ingredients with a wooden spoon. Divide dough in half and roll each portion out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thick. Cut with floured cookie cutter. Place cookies on greased cookie sheets; bake at 400° for 8 to 10 minutes. Store soft sugar cookies in an airtight container.
Makes about 6 dozen soft sugar cookies.
Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
granulated sugar
PREPARATION:
Cream butter; beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla extract; stir to blend. Combine and sift flour, baking powder, and salt; add gradually to creamed mixture, mixing thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight
Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place 2" apart on greased baking sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass that's been greased and dipped in granulated sugar. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to racks immediately to cool.
2007-03-20 16:24:28 · answer #1 · answered by jamrock.food 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Betty Crocker has a great sugar cookie mix. Add some almond extract about 1 tsp when mixing and put in the refrigerator overnght.
As for the icing: (grandma's recipe)
2 cups (or more) Powdered Sugar
1 tsp butter
milk
put powdered sugar in a lage bowl. Add the butter. Add the milk 1/4 tsp at a time while stirring. The constistence should be like peanut butter or like the store bought frosting (fairly thick but spread able).
I make my consistence where it will just barely falls off the knife.
2007-03-20 23:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by UOPHXstudent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Marthastewart.com do a recipe search for her "Sugar Cookie" recipe (no other title). They are divine...soft and chewy with acrispy edge perfect for decorating...I have made them for years even for a friends wedding as favors. you can add almond extract or lemon to flavor them more. so good...fyi the dough has to set overnight in the fridge better than anywhere!
2007-03-20 23:21:39 · answer #3 · answered by Vickie C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And a bit more vanilla and roll them out in powder sugar in place of flour. Also roll them a bit thinner.
2007-03-20 23:20:36 · answer #4 · answered by whataboutme 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
look in cookbooks
2007-03-20 23:08:05 · answer #5 · answered by Cat Lover 4 · 0⤊ 6⤋
it make your tummy go huge. =|
2007-03-20 23:08:57 · answer #6 · answered by hate the sand ~ love the castle 3 · 0⤊ 8⤋