These sugar cookies are the perfect base for all of your creative cookie projects. They hold their shape to insure that your cookies come out just the way you want them to. The flavor is fantastic! They’ve got just the right amount of sweetness with subtle hints of vanilla and almond. You’re gonna love them!
How to make the perfect sugar cookies:
- Mix the dry ingredients together in a medium size bowl. That’s the flour, salt and baking powder. Set this aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar until well combined.
- Add the egg and extracts to the sugar mixture. Mix well.
- Mix in the flour mixture 1/3 at a time. I like to do it in batches because it combines with the sugar mixture a lot easier. It also ensures more even distribution.
- Once everything is well combined, form the dough into 2 discs. Wrap with plastic and place in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes.
Chill baby, chill
Why chill the dough? Because we want our cookies to hold their shape! Nothing is worse than getting your dough mixed up and cut into the perfect shape only to have have it spread all over your pan in the oven. Been there, cried over that! I tried tons of “no chill” recipes and didn’t like any of them. Most of the ones I tried omitted the leavening agent, baking powder/baking soda, in order to keep the cookies from spreading. I found that they were too dense in the middle and not chewy enough for my liking. So I played around with different amounts of flour, leavening agents and sugar/butter ratios until I came up with the perfect combination. The key ingredient? Well it’s not really an ingredient at all. It’s the chill factor!
SO MANY FUN SHAPES!
My favorite part about sugar cookies is that there are endless possibilities for decorating! Any shape, size, color or style, you name it, it’s been a sugar cookie.
No Spread Sugar Cookies
These easy sugar cookies are perfect for all of your creative cookie projects! They hold their shape and taste fantastic!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°
Mix together flour, baking powder and salt
Cream butter and sugar under well combined
Add egg, vanilla and almond extract. Mix.
Add flour mixture 1/3 at a time until well combined
Seperate dough into 2 discs. Chill for at least 30 mintutes
Roll out chilled dough on a floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the bottom edges just turn golden
Enjoy!
Notes
Pull the cookies out when the bottom edges are just golden. Once the tops start to turn they are over done. Pulling them out before the tops turn brown ensures a nice, chewy center.
