December 25, 2014
December 14, 2014
Easy Sugar Cookies Recipe - Cookie Exchange Season!
Tis the season for Cookie Exchange! Here is an easy sugar cookie recipe for all you exchangers of sweet treats. I great basic cookie dough to start off with - good if you are a newbie at cookies.
EASY SUGAR COOKIES
Makes approximately 30 – 36 cookies, depending on how thin
you roll out your dough
Ingredients:
-
1 cup butter (room temperature, not frozen and
not melted)
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1 cup sugar
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1 large egg
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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2 tsp baking powder
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2 ¾ cups white all-purpose flour
Directions:
1)
Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
2)
Cream together butter and sugar.
3)
Add egg and vanilla.
4)
In a separate bowl, mix together flour and
baking powder.
5)
Add dry into wet ingredients and mix together
until dough forms.
6)
On a dry floured table, pour dough out, knead
slightly, and then roll out flat to about 1cm thick.
7)
Use cookie cutters and cut out shapes.
8)
Place on a lightly greased baking sheet (no need
for parchment or re-flouring).
9)
Bake for 7-10 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE! IF YOU START SEEING BROWNING EDGES THEN YOU
HAVE GONE TOO FAR AND COOKIE WILL BE DRY!
10)
Let cool before decorating.
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