BEST Easy Sugar Cookies
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BEST Easy Sugar Cookies
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Best Easy Sugar Cookies are so easy, kid friendly, and will impress even the fanciest cookie connoisseur. Fluffy, soft, and super flavorful, bake up a batch this weekend, and let your kids help — this is a cookie for the whole family!
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Ingredients
- 2 cups butter at room temperature
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla + 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 large egg yolks
- 4 ½ cups all purpose flour
frosting/icing
- 2 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ cup (8 tablespoons) butter softened
- 1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup milk or as needed
- Food Coloring optional
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar.
- Mix in salt, vanilla (and/or almond extract) and egg yolks until blended.
- Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing after each, until just combined.
- Divide dough in half and shape each half into a ball.
- Place on top of a sheet of parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat and roll out to 1/4 inch thickness (slightly thinner for more cookies, slightly thicker for bakery-style cookies though this will yield fewer cookies).
- Chill rolled dough for 15 minutes.
- Cut into shapes with cookie cutters and place at least 1 inch apart on a baking sheet.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8-9 minutes (for 1/4 inch thick cookies. for thicker cookies they'll need an extra minute or so, for thinner cookies take them out by 8 minutes.) and allow to cool on baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
prepare the frosting/icing
- While the cookies are cooling, prepare the icing. In a large bowl cream together cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add extract and salt and mix til smooth.
- Add 1 cup powdered sugar, followed by 1 tablespoon milk, mix until incorporated, and repeat (1 cup powdered sugar + 1 tablespoon milk) until all of the powdered sugar is incorporated. Mix on high speed until light and fluffy, add additional milk 1 tablespoon at a time as needed to get a light and airy frosting. Add a couple drops of food coloring if desired.
- Spread on cooled cookies and add sprinkles if desired. Store at room temperature or chilled in airtight container up to 1 week.
Notes
- Makes roughly 22-32 cookies depending on the size of your cookie cutters.
- For thicker bakery-style sugar cookies simply roll the dough to about 1/3 of inch thick before cutting and then bake for an additional 1-2 minutes.
- This recipe can easily be doubled, you just need a really big bowl for the dough and should divide the dough into 4 parts rather than 2 before rolling out and cutting.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
441kcal
(22%)
Carbohydrates
61g
(20%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
21g
(32%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
76mg
(25%)
Sodium
252mg
(11%)
Potassium
44mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
42g
(84%)
Vitamin A
722IU
(14%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
20mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 441 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 441kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 76mg | 25% |
| Sodium | 252mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 44mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 42g | 84% |
| Vitamin A | 722IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 20mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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