Sugar Cookie Recipe
Author: Diane Schmidt, Created by Diane
Recipe type: cookie
Cuisine: dessert
Serves: 3 dozen
- 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
- Preheat oven to 400°
- In the large bowl with a mixer, cream together butter and powdered sugar.
- Mix in egg and vanilla.
- 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)
- Mix until the dough forms a ball.
- Roll out on a floured surface and cut with a cookie cutter,
- Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes, until the cookies are golden but the tops are not browned yet.
- Cool completely before icing.
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
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