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Granny's Sugar Cookies
"I make sugar cookies for almost every holiday. A lot of fun and the kids can help."
photo by limeandspoontt
- Ready In:
- 32mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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84 cookies
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened (no substitutes)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
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Frosting
- 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- various food coloring
- colored sprinkles
directions
- In a mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter until fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
- Stir together dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture until completely blended.
- Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut with various shaped cookie cutters dipped in flour.
- Transfer cookies to ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
- Cool on wire racks.
- Frosting: Mix together sugar, butter, vanilla and milk until desired degree of spreading consistency; add milk if you want thinner frosting.
- Add food coloring to obtain desired color.
- Spread frosting over cookies and decorate with sprinkles.
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Reviews
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my favorite go-to recipe for sugar cookies - if you roll them thicker (more than 1/4"), you'll get soft, tender cookies and if you roll them thinner, they'll be crispy. they are delicious both ways. thanks for sharing! -
I made these cookies to take to my women's bible study meeting. The dough came together well. Rolled out very easily and I used different Christmas cookie cutter shapes. Piped with colored frosting. They looked beautiful and tasted like a delicate butter cookie. Thank you so much. -
These sugar cookies are the best ever in the whole wide world!!! I was surprised at how easy to make they were. I didn't make the frosting, just rolled the dough in little balls then rolled them in sugar and baked. Turned out great. Very soft and buttery. I know I ate at least half of them by myself. -
These are some of the best sugar cookies I've ever made. I made a batch for Valentines Day and read the recipe wrong only using 2 tsp of vanilla, STILL fantastic.. they were gone so fast. Hubby took some to work and he was sent out on a job for a couple hours, when he came back they were gone so I had to make him more to console him, Sugar cookies are his favorite and the LOVES these. Thanks for a great recipe. This one is going into my book of keepers. -
These cookies are yummy and delicious, so far the best sugar cookie recipe ever. I like how the dough is so easy to roll out and doesnt stick. We used christmas cookie cutters to cut out shapes. For the frosting I added some milk to it, making it easier for us to frost the cookies. Definitely will use this recipe again, holiday or not, it is still very yummy. Thanks for the recipe! =)
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Tweaks
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I had to make this gluten-free for my son, so I traded the wheat flour cup for cup for Trader Joe's GF flour, and also added 1 teaspoon of Xanthan Gum to keep it from crumbling. With this alteration on the recipe, I really needed to roll it out on GF flour to give the dough a little more structure. I should add that it turned out DELICIOUS, especially for gluten-free! -
THESE ARE THE MOST DELICIOUS SUGAR COOKIES!!! But this is not a "miracle" sugar cookie recipe! It says to chill the dough for 30 mins, but that is only if you want "blob cookies". You really should chill them for 2 hr or at the very least 90 mins. I also UPPED THE VANILLIA TO 2.5 TBLSPOONS ((A MUST FOR THICK COOKIES!! It really gives them some extra omphh!)) And i also rolled the dough out in powdered sugar instead of flour. Flour can make the cookies "tough" where as the powdered sugar works just as well & the sugar melts into the cookies and the xtra sweetness makes them heavenly!!! Great recipe 4.5 stars! -
This recipe worked out perfectly for my Jumbo Heart cut-out cookies! I cut the recipe down to 1/3 by using a little less then 1 egg, I used baking powder in place of the cream of tartar and a little almond extract mixed with the vanilla. I was able to get five 5-inch heart cookies out of this, plus some scraps to nibble on. For the frosting I just used powdered sugar mixed with milk and some food coloring.
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Oh, WOW. Just delicious. I did a half recipe, used the log/slice method, and ended up with around 20 two-and-a-half inch cookies. Hard to say the exact number because husb was pounding them down before they were cool. I used almond extract in place of the vanilla, and the smell while they were cooking was killing both of us. I'll definitely have to do these again soon. Thanks. -
These were the best sugar cookies I have ever made! I had to substitute 1/2 of the sugar for powdered sugar, because I ran out, but they still turned out great. The dough was easy to work with. The cookies were moist and delicious. This is definately a recipe to keep! Thanks, NurseDi. I have used many of your great recipes on this site--you must be a fantastic cook!
