Rich and buttery homemade sugar cookies ready to be decorated with your choice of sprinkles and sugars. Use this recipe for any holiday and decorate accordingly.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookie, dessert
Servings: 48
Author: Laura Warnke
Ingredients
1cupbuttersoftened
1-1/2cupsgranulated sugar
2eggs
1teaspoonvanilla
1-2Tablespoonsmilk or cream
2-1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonbaking powder
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl using a wooden spatula, cream the softened butter until light and fluffy.
Beat in the sugar until smooth.
Add in the eggs and beat together until smooth and golden yellow in color.
Stir in the vanilla and and 1 Tablespoon milk or cream and beat thoroughly.
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
Add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and blend well.
If the dough is too stiff, add an additional tablespoon of milk and mix again.
If the dough is too soft, refrigerate for 15 minutes before baking.
Use a spoon to scoop up teaspoons of dough and roll them into 1" balls. Place each on a baking sheet evenly spaced apart.
Place about 1/4 cup of granulated sugar in a small dish. Using a small juice glass wet the bottom of the glass, dip the glass in sugar, and gently flatten each cookie.
Decorate with colored sugars and sprinkles as you would like.
Bake for about 6-7 minutes until just browned around the outside edge. Do not overbake.
Remove and cool on a wire baking rack. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Notes
For Rolled Cookies: Add about 1/2 cup additional flour to make the dough stiff enough to roll out. Chill one hour or more. Roll dough 1/4" thick and cut out your shapes.