Best Ever Sugar Cookie Recipe
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Best Ever Sugar Cookie Recipe
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Best Ever Sugar Cookie Recipe yields soft, buttery cookies with a light golden edge, made from a dough of flour, sugar, cold butter, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. The dough is chilled before rolling and cutting shapes, then baked and optionally decorated.
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This sugar cookie dough is prepared by combining dry ingredients in a food processor, cutting in cold butter until crumbly, then adding eggs and vanilla to form the dough. Chilling for at least 2-3 hours solidifies the dough, making it easier to roll and cut precise shapes.
Cookies bake at a moderate 325°F (160°C) until lightly golden, producing a tender texture with some structure suitable for decoration. The recipe allows decorating with royal icing if desired.
The cold butter technique and chilling help achieve a soft yet slightly firm cookie that holds shapes well. The dough can also be frozen up to 8 weeks before baking, offering flexibility in preparation.
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Ingredients
- 3/4 cups butter cubed and cold
- 1 cups sugar 8oz / 225g
- 2 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Notes
- To replace eggs in this recipe, condensed milk works well; refer to an egg substitute chart for exact amounts.
- Chilling the dough for at least 2-3 hours or overnight helps with rolling and cutting shapes cleanly.
- Dough can be frozen for up to 8 weeks at the chilled stage before baking.
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