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Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies

by | Sep 16, 2015 | Cookies

2 1/4 C. all-purpose flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. cream of tartar
1/4 t. salt
1/2 C. butter, softened (1 stick)
1/2 C. confectioner’s sugar
1/2 C. plus 2 T. granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/2 C. vegetable oil
1 t. vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On waxed paper, combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt.

2. In large bowl, with mixer on med. speed, beat butter, confectioner’s sugar, and 1/2 C. granulated sugar until creamy, 2 minutes. On low speed, beat in egg, then oil and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.

3. Place remaining 2 T. granulated sugar in saucer. With hands, shape dough by rounded measuring teaspoons into 3/4 inch balls. Place balls, 2 inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Dip glass w/ a star bottom into sugar and flatten each ball.

4. Bake until edges are golden 10-12 minutes. With wide metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.

5. Store in an airtight container for up to one week.

From Good Housekeeping “The Cookie Jar” (2011)

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Best Sugar Cookie Recipe

by | Jan 28, 2014 | Christmas Recipes, Cookies

1 C. butter, softened
1 C. sugar
1 t. vanilla extract
1/2 t. almond extract
1 egg
2 t. baking powder
3 C. flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In the bowl of your mixer cream butter and sugar until smooth.
3. Beat in extracts and egg.
4. In a separate bowl, combine baking powder with flour and add a little at a time to wet ingredients. The dough will be very stiff. If it becomes too stiff for your mixer turn out the dough onto a countertop surface. Wet your hands and finish off kneading the dough by hand.
5. Do not chill dough! Divide into workable batches, roll out onto a floured surface and cut. You want these cookies to be on the thicker side (closer to 1/4 inch).
6. Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.