Vanilla Bean Cut-Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
User Reviews
4.8
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Additional Time
15 mins
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Total Time
45 mins
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Servings
24 cookies
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Calories
161 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Vanilla Bean Cut-Out Sugar Cookie Recipe
Description
The recipe starts by creaming cold, salted butter with sugar until smooth. Freshly scraped vanilla beans and almond extract are mixed in, giving the cookies a distinctive flavor profile. Flour and baking powder are combined separately and gradually incorporated to keep the dough tender. Rolling to just over 1/4 inch thickness ensures the cookies bake evenly. Freezing the cutouts briefly before baking helps maintain the shapes. Baking at 350°F for 10-12 minutes yields cookies with lightly browned bottoms while keeping the edges light, resulting in a tender, slightly crisp texture.
Once baked and slightly cooled, the cookies can be removed to racks for full cooling before decorating. The smooth surface and defined shape make them well-suited to frosting or icing for festive occasions. Nutritional info refers to plain, unfrosted cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks) cold & cut into chunks, salted
- 1 cup granulated sugar (or vanilla sugar)
- 1 egg
- 2 Vanilla Beans scraped
- 1/2 tsp almond extract pure
- 3 cup all-purpose flour unbleached
- 2 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Cream butter and sugar together. Stir in egg, vanilla beans and extract. In a small bowl stir flour and baking powder together. Slowly incorporate dry ingredients.
- Roll dough out onto the floured surface to be just over 1/4" thick. Cut cookies out using cookie cutters and place onto parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Freeze 5-7 minutes, then bake 10-12 minutes, or until bottoms have lightly browned but edges are still light in color. Cool 3 minutes on the baking sheet, then remove to cooling racks. Decorate as desired.
Notes
- Use cold salted butter for better texture and balance in flavor.
- Freezing cut-out shapes before baking helps prevent spreading and preserves detail.
- Cool cookies on the baking sheet briefly before transferring to racks to avoid breaking.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 161 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 161kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 27mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 71mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 55mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 246IU | 5% |
| Calcium | 20mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.8
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