Vanilla Sugar Cookie
Recipe Courtesy of Eliza Strauss
Based on 15 Reviews
Servings: 12 3-inch cookies
Prep Time: 2 hours 10 min
Cook Time: 10 min
Difficulty: Easy
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1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (4 ounces) granulated sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks; 6 ounces) unsalted butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons (11 ounces) all-purpose flour
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the butter, and sugar and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
Add the flour mixture in 2 batches, scraping down the bowl after each addition. Beat until the dough just comes together, being careful not to over mix.
Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Form the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Place the ball of dough between two pieces of parchment paper and roll out to 1/4 inch think. Keeping the dough in the parchment, transfer to a cookie sheet and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Cut out the cookies in the desired shapes and places on a half-sheet pan lined with parchment paper or an ungreased nonstick cookie sheet, at least 1 inch apart. Transfer to the freezer and chill for at least 15 minutes or until they are stiff.
Bake until the cookies are light golden brown, about 10 minutes.
Let cookies cool completely on the sheets before decorating. (They will still be soft when they come out of the oven and may break or become misshapen if they are moved off the sheets before cool.)
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Reader Comments:
Dear Pala, Your cookies are the best me and my family love you and you saying rocks a stick of butter makes everying better !!!!!!!!!!
By Savannah& Megan on December 23, 2011
My daughter and I made the sugar cookies and they turned out great.
By georgetta pullen on December 22, 2011
too salty and too dry
By Anonymous on December 04, 2011
The dough turned out dry, crumbly, salty, bitter, and disgusting so i threw it away and didn't even cook them. I do NOT reccomend this recipe.
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By HEather on April 16, 2011
I love to watch your show, and cook. Thanks for making cooking so fun!
By james A.PLUNKETT on April 04, 2011
Great cookies! Easy to make the dough in the bread maker!
By Mariah on December 14, 2010
How come there are no recipes or tips for decorating christmas cookies???
By Darlene on December 13, 2010
absoluteLY FANTASTIC! thank you Paula!!!
By Anonymous on November 28, 2010
These were awful, sorry Paula, I admire you but they were just not good :( I was really disappointed,especially because I spent a couple of hours in the prep. Bad taste.
By Anonymous on November 16, 2010
just made these and i do not like them. In my opinion they taste like bread.
By Anonymous on September 25, 2010
By Anonymous on July 09, 2010
These cookies were great! So simple, yet so yummmy.
By Anonymous on February 15, 2010
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