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Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets. Sugar cookies are a buttery classic that make a delicious anytime treat. Enjoy your sugar cookies plain, or decorate them with icing to make them festive. You can cook basic sugar cookies using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of basic sugar cookies

Prepare 2/3 cup of softened butter.
You need 3/4 cup of sugar.
It's 1 of egg.
You need 4 tsp of milk.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
Prepare 2 cup of flour.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.

This recipe is a favorite of Martha's, who likes to add one tablespoon cognac alongside the egg and vanilla, after creaming together the butter and sugar. This recipe makes a simple, versatile vanilla sugar cookie; the dough is easy to roll and to work with and doesn't spread when baking, so your cookies will always have sharp, defined edges! You can decorate these cookies with sanding sugar, or you can use my recipe below for a simple (and tasty!) pipe-able sugar cookie frosting (one that's. I actually prefer to decorate my sugar cookies with my buttercream frosting.

basic sugar cookies instructions

in a large bowl at a medium speed, cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy..
beat in egg, milk and vanilla..
blend in flour, baking powder an salt until well mixed..
divide dough in half and chill for 30 minutes..
preheat oven to 375°F and grease two large cookie sheets..
on a lightly floured surface, work with half of the dough each time, roll 1/8 inch thick..
use floured cookie cutters to cut shapes into dough and place about 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheet..
bake 8 - 10 minutes or until lightly brown..

I used to have all the patience to decorate sugar cookies with royal icing, but I've decided that is not my calling in life. So bring on the buttercream and sprinkles. If you find yourself searching for a sugar cookie dough recipe every year, look no further. This recipe is simple, straightforward, and downright delicious. The key to the dough is working with room temperature butter.