Simple Sugar Cookies
Evan has been in a bit of an indecisive mood recently. As I went to the grocery store Monday he asked me to pick him up “something good” for him to eat for lunch. So I picked up some pre-seasoned chicken breasts so he could grill them up for a sandwich. He went to Chick-fil-a instead. For dinner last night I made some pork chops cooked in beer and barbeque sauce, he grilled a burger instead. We have been limited on dessert options in the house so I felt bad and made some cookies hoping he would like what I made. I scored big time with these cookies. Easy to put together, soft and chewy, a real hit with the big man. I made thee cookies larger than the originally recipe called for because I used a 1 1/2 oz cookie scoop. The originally recipe said it made 4 dozen but I only made 2 1/2 dozen.
These would freeze beautifully, just roll them and freeze then in a ziploc. Allow them to thaw in the fridge before baking.
Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
*toppings
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and roll in topping of choice. Place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
*I rolled our cookies in raw sugar and did some in cinnamon sugar. You could also do colored sugar or add chocolate candies. The sugars add a nice slight crunch when they bake. A lovely contrast to the soft, chewy cookie.
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March 30th, 2006 07:57
she fails to note i was on a time constraint last night. The pork chop will be eaten for lunch! MMMM
These cookies were excellent as well. Most sugar cookies get hard from being overcooked, these were done right.
Nice Picture too!
March 30th, 2006 18:07
My favourite.
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
March 31st, 2006 09:46
Always looking for a good sugar cookie recipe.
December 24th, 2006 21:31
I whipped these up tonight and made a half batch since I was running low on butter. They turned out fabulous! Thank you!
October 20th, 2007 13:01
thanxxxxxxx i love this sugar cookies. there was a bakesale at my school and i baked this and they were gone in like 3 minutes =D
January 10th, 2008 01:08
This recepie is great! I made them for my boyfriend and he loved them.
January 29th, 2008 17:55
The second batch is in the oven now. Really good. I only strayed from the recipe by refigerating the dough for 30 minutes before the first batch, and keeping it in the fridge while I made the rest. It helps take out any floury taste. These are such good basic cookies. I did think sprinking on sugar at the end as they are cooling makes them even better.