The BEST Sugar Cookie Recipe
1 C. butter
1.5 C. sugar
3 eggs
2 T. milk
4 C. flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add other ingredients and mix well. Chill overnight.
I like to divide the dough into two parts and roll them into freezer paper and flatten the rolls a little before refrigerating. This dough sets up very firm and can be a little hard to roll out when you first get it out of the fridge the next day. Having smaller and somewhat flattened pieces of dough to work with makes it a lot easier!
Roll dough into 1/4 inch thickness and cut to desired shape with a cookie cutter. (I like my sugar cookies to be BIG so I tend to use the biggest heart cookie cutter I can find. I love this set (affiliate link) from Cake Boss for a fun variety of sizes! Or if you like the scalloped edge cookies like I have pictured above, this set is awesome too! (affiliate link) Wilton Heart Cookie Cutters)
Bake at 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes. They will be soft and white.
Cool and frost if desired.
Like I said, I love a good cream cheese frosting on these!
Enjoy!
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By the way, as a seasoned veteran of the cookie making game, I have definitely decided on a few favorite items that I use pretty much every time I pull out the ingredients to make cookies! I’ve complied a list below with links to each item … do you have any favorites that I missed?
- Kitchenaid Mixer: The one should come as no surprise! And if you can get it in aqua, all the better! I can’t remember the last time I made cookies without it!
- Measuring Cups & Spoons: I love this set because of the odd cup and spoon sizes… 3/4 Cup? Yes! No more measuring 1/4 three times or worse, dirtying a 1/2 cup and a 1/4 cup!
- Spatula: Of course you need a spatula to get those cookies off the cookie sheet! I love this metal one with the slots to make it all that much easier to transfer.
- Silpat Baking Mat: No more need to “grease” a cookie sheet! Just lay this baby down on your cookie sheet and away you go. Nothing will stick to this.
- Cookie Scoop: What did I do before I had a cookie scoop? The easy way to get uniform cookies! I looooove my cookie scoop. I wish I were over-exaggerating here but I’m not.
- Cookie sheet: I love these heavy duty Nordic Ware ones! Mine have been perfectly “seasoned” over the years and they just seem to get better and better!
- Rubber/Silicone Spatulas: How else will you lick the bowl clean? This is a must-have tool to scrape down the sides of that bowl.
Enjoy and happy cookie making!
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Yummy! I’m definately going to try this recipe. Thanks for the recipe!!
These look beautilicious!
Ok, I want to try this right away. I still have yet to find my favorite ultimate sugar cookie recipe – many are close but not entirely. I am going to trust you! I’ll let you know how it goes… 🙂
Hello, I hope you will please. I give you a prize “The versatile blog.” Come and get it on my blog.
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I love sugar cookies.
I’m excited to try these! Do you have a recipe for the cream cheese icing?
I don’t have MY OWN cream cheese frosting that I prefer but I’m guessing any recipe you find out there would be awesome! I often just use a can from the store too!
I made these cookies to send to my niece at college. They were the best cookies I have ever made. She is heading back to school next week and dropped a hint that she wouldn’t mind if I sent her more of these cookies.
Ah! I love that Denise! You just made my day! So glad you love them too!
Hi there. Could I just check is C for cup and T for tablespoon? I am in Australia and would love to try these cookies but want to make sure I get it right. Thanks so much.
Yes! C for cup and T for tablespoon. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks so much Landee. I used this for my daughters party on the weekend and they were fantastic! Thank you!
Hi, how long can I leave the dough in the fridge?
What is the yield for this recipe ?
Hi Darla! Unfortunately I can’t really pin point an exact yield because it totally depends on the size(s) of your cookie cutters! But it makes a TON. 🙂
Love these sugar cookies and they are great for kindergarten class parties (my kid’s teacher raved about them). Anyone know how short a time one could put the dough in the freezer and still have it set up so that you can work with it? Overnight requires more forethought than I can sometimes manage.