Sugar Cookies
This is the best sugar cookie dough ever! You can use this recipe for other shaped cookies throughout the year for all occasions.
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This is the best sugar cookie dough ever! You can use this recipe for other shaped cookies throughout the year.
- Prep Time: 4 hours 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 4 hours 32 minutes
- Yield: varies
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Stir together sugar, butter, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract and egg in a large bowl.
- Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Roll dough out to about 1/4 inch or just a bit more on a lightly floured board. Cut with your favorite seasonal or everyday cookie cutters.
- Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until set and very light brown.
- Remove from cookie sheet to a wire rack.
- Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Decorate or frost as desired.
Notes
It is important to refrigerate the dough as instructed. It can even be wrapped and refrigerated overnight.
I bake my cookies for the least amount of time and the tops do not change color.
This makes a lot of dough. Extracts can be substituted as desired; for example peppermint extract for the almond extract, brown sugar extract, rum extract, etc. Or simply use 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
Recipe can easily be halved.
Dough can be divided and colored, if desired. I prefer to use paste food coloring rather than liquid.
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