Categories Christmas Recipes, Cookies Recipes

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

These Rolled Sugar Cookies are soft, chewy and perfect for cut-out cookies of any shape and size. Smooth and shiny royal icing is perfect for decorating sugar cookies, because it sets up, making your cookies stackable.

Yield: 60 cookies

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Bake Time 6 minutes
Chill 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 26 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups butter, softened
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

    1. Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least 1 hour (or overnight).

    2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

    3. Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Roll out dough to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.

    4. Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Carefully transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely before decorating.

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