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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 Time
10
minutes
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Cook Time
7
minutes
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Total Time
17
minutes
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Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
buttery, cookies, old fashioned, soft
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.