Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe (The BEST!)

This scratch made Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe will reward your cookie cravings with sweet, soft, buttery perfection!

You’ll never go back to another cookie recipe once you try these perfect Sugar Cookies!

Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe

Have you been searching for that perfect, classic Sugar Cookie Recipe… just like Grandma used to make?

Well… you just found it!

My hubby’s sweet Grandma passed down the best drop cookie recipe, and I know you’re going to love it just as much as our family does!

Sherie writes: "I make these and they are just delicious!!!"

These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are soft in the middle with perfect crispy edges. When you’re craving an old fashioned fresh baked treat that everyone will love, these easy drop style sugar cookies do not disappoint!

I know you’ll love this vintage recipe from Grandma for perfectly soft sugar cookies as much as our family does!

This Sugar Cookie Recipe serves up soft and buttery sugar cookies flavored with a hint of almond extract. Best of all, you’ll love that these cookies require hardly any prep time. There’s no need to chill the dough and no cookie cutters are required, making them SO simple to make!

Get started by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Then round up these ingredients…

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How Do You Make Sugar Cookies Taste Like Homemade?

The trick is to add an extract to your cookies.

For this sugar cookie recipe passed down from my hubby’s sweet grandma, you’ll use Almond Extract.

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What Makes A Cookie Soft and Chewy, or Crispy?

Butter is the secret to making these tempting cookies soft and chewy on the inside, with a lightly crispy edge that gives a satisfying finish to each bite.

Soft Sugar Cookies Ingredients

It takes just a few simple ingredients to make the BEST classic sugar cookies!

• Sugar
• Butter
• Eggs
• Flour
• Almond Extract
• Cream of Tartar
• Baking Soda
• Salt

Do You Need To Chill Dough For Sugar Cookies?

No chilling is required and you don’t even need a cookie cutter.

In fact, these easy drop cookies only require 10 minutes of total prep time!

Do You Put Sugar On A Sugar Cookie Before Baking?

Yes.

You will roll each cookie ball in a bowl of sugar before placing it on a parchment lined nonstick cookie sheet.

Sugar Cookie Reviews

What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About this Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe…

Sherie writes: “I make these and they are just delicious!!!”

Shanna writes: “These are my favorite cookies are year long.”

Bobbi writes: “They’re great for holiday gifting, too!”

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Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe

This Sugar Cookie Recipe serves up delicious, buttery sugar cookies that are soft in the middle with perfect crispy edges.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time7 minutes mins

Total Time17 minutes mins

Servings: 4 dozen

Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 2 tsp. Cream of Tartar
• 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 1 1/2 cups Granulated (White) Sugar
• 1 cup Unsalted Butter (softened to room temperature)
• 2 Large Eggs
• 1 tsp. Almond Extract
• 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar (for rolling)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Add 1/2 cup Sugar to small bowl, and set aside for later. (this will be used to roll cookie dough balls before baking)
• Add Flour, Cream of Tartar, Baking Soda and Salt to large bowl, and whisk together until well combined. Set aside for later.
• In separate large mixing bowl, cream together Butter and 1 1/2 cups Sugar for 1 – 2 minutes using hand mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment.
• Then add Eggs and Almond Extract, and continue mixing.
• Finally, add Flour mixture, and continue to mix until well combined.
• Roll dough into 1 tbsp. size balls, then roll each ball in bowl of sugar.
• Place on a parchment lined nonstick cookie sheet, several inches apart.
• Gently flatten each cookie dough ball with base of glass to 1/2″ thickness.
• Bake for 7 – 9 minutes, or until done.
• Allow cookies to cool on cookie for 2 minutes before transferring to wire rack to finish cooling.
• Storage Tip: Cooled cookies can be stored at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 5 days.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

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