Does anybody have any good sugar cookie recipes (family recipe, recipe from a book,etc) ..?

Question

Please put the recipe (or website) when you answer the question....thanks! =]

Answer 1

MORAVIAN SUGAR COOKIES

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1 1/4 cups flour
Topping
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped nuts
2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Soften butter with sugar, baking powder, vanilla and salt. Blend in egg and flour.

Grease or butter 2 cookie sheets well. Spread half of the dough out on each cookie sheet to make a 10x8 inch rectangle (one for each sheet).

Mix together ingredients for topping and sprinkle evenly over the dough.

Bake at 350°F for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown along the edges. Allow to cool 2 minutes, then cut into 2 inch squares. Cool on wire racks.

Makes about 40.

Answer 2

If you are wanting sugar cookies to decorate, this is the best one yet.

Sugar Cookies, Best in the World

3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp nutmeg
20 TBLS unsalted butter softened but firm
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 375ºF. Whisk dry (first 4) ingredients together, set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients just until incorporated. Chill dough at least two hours. Roll out half of the dough 1/4 inch thick and cut out. (or some into a ball and pressed into circle w/ bottom of a glass) Place 1” apart on greased baking sheet. Bake in middle rack of oven for 10 minutes. Cool, decorate as desired w/ royal icing.

Answer 3

~Easy Sugar Cookies~

INGREDIENTS

* 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

*This sugar cookie recipe has nearly 1,000 reviews, with so many of them positive. I absolutely love allrecipes.com. You will find TONS of awesome recipes there!

~~MERRY CHRISTMAS & GOD BLESS!~~

Answer 4

Make Over 200 Juicy, Mouth-Watering Paleo Recipes You've NEVER Seen or Tasted Before?

Answer 5

my favorite sugar cookie recipe in the world is from:
http://www.allrecipes.com
search "soft sugar cookiesIV" they are the best i promise you. I roll them into balls, flaten with a glass and use sugar crystals for decorating, they are the moistest cookies you'll ever have! they melt in your mouth....

Answer 6

To this day, I still use the one from the Betty Crocker Cookbook.. the one with the red and white checked cover... it's the best one I have ever found