Sugar Cookie Recipe
 
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this simple and easy sugar cookie recipe will become your go-to cut-out cookie recipe for all occasions.
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Recipe type: cookie
Cuisine: dessert
Serves: 3 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 cup salted butter
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • 2 3/4-3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt *if you prefer sweeter sugar cookies you do not need to add additional salt if using salted butter
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400°
  2. In the large bowl with a mixer, cream together butter and powdered sugar.
  3. Mix in egg and vanilla.
  4. Blend in flour, baking powder, and salt. (only add the additional 1/4 cup flour if needed, the dough should be supple and soft not dry)
  5. Mix until the dough forms a ball.
  6. Roll out on a floured surface and cut with a cookie cutter,
  7. Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes, until the cookies are golden but the tops are not browned yet.
  8. Cool completely before icing.
Notes
recipe in grams
1 cup salted butter (230g)
1 ½ cups powdered sugar (170g)
1 egg
2 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste (10G)
2 3/4-3 cups all-purpose flour (413-447g)
2 teaspoons baking powder (85g)
1 teaspoon salt (5.69g)
Recipe by Created by Diane at https://www.createdby-diane.com/2011/07/sugar-cookie-recipe.html