When it comes to baking sugar cookies are one of the easiest and simplest to make. Popular during Christmas and Halloween, sugar cookie baking and decorating is a great way to bring in the holiday spirit with your friends and family.
If you aren’t familiar with sugar cookies, they are made up of eggs, flour, sugar, butter, flour, vanilla extract, and baking powder. These sugary cookies are then rolled by hand and cut into themed shapes depending on the holiday.
To know more about baking sugar cookies, here’s a list of great yet simple recipes for sugar cookies.
Classic Sugar Cookie Recipe
First on the list is the good old classic sugar cookie recipes. For years, families have used this recipe as a foundation for creating their own versions of the much-beloved sugar cookies.
If you want to bring back old childhood memories this class sugar cookie recipe might just be what you need!
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 of a cup softened butter
- 1 tsp of baking soda
- 1 ½ cups of white sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Before starting with the cookie dough, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F or 190 degrees C.
- Grab a small bowl and combine the dry ingredients (except the sugar), flour, and baking soda and set aside.
- In a larger bowl, combine the softened butter and sugar until smooth.
- Mix in the egg and vanilla extract to the butter and sugar mixture. Once the mixture is smooth, gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
- Once the dough is fully mixed together, take a teaspoon full of dough and shape into balls.
- Place the dough balls in a cookie sheet and bake it in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
- After baking, take the cookies out of the oven and let it cool before for 10 minutes before decorating.
Eggless Sugar Cookies
Looking for a way to bake sugar cookies eggless? This recipe shows you how to do just that! Follow this easy sugar recipe and bake yourself a fresh batch so eggless sugar cookies in under 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup
of white sugar
- 2 cups of room temperature butter
- 2 tablespoons of skimmed-milk
- 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 cup of all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons of baking powder
- A pinch salt
- 1⁄8 cup of sugar, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugar until it gets light and fluffy.
- Add in vanilla and skimmed-milk to the sugar and butter mixture.
- In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients together, salt, flour, and baking powder together.
- Combine both the dry and wet ingredients together to form your cookie dough. If the dough is a bit too sticky, add in some extra flour to the dough.
- Yung a spoon, scoop out and form 12 equal-sized balls, lay them on a baking tray and sprinkle them with white sugar.
- Let the cookies bake for 8-10 minutes until the bottom is lightly golden.
- After baking, let the cookies cool down for a few minutes.
Ingredient Sugar Cookies
Looking for a way to bake sugar cookies with as little ingredients as possible? This awesome recipe only requires 3 ingredients to make incredible sugar cookies for the holidays.
Follow this easy to make recipe and successful bake sugar cookies with on three ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1 stick of salted butter (softened)
- 1/3 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Using an electric mixer, combine the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Add in the all-purpose flour to the sugar and butter mixture and mix to make the cookie dough.
- Using a spoon, scoop out the cookie and form into 1-inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on a baking sheet.
- Place the cookies in the preheated oven and let it bake for 15 to 17 minutes until the edges of the cookies become a light golden brown.
Helpful Tips for Baking Mistakes
When it comes to baking, things can easily go wrong because there are so many different variables that you need to keep in check. It takes precision to bake the perfect batch of sugar cookies.
To help you out, here are the top common-mistakes many amateur bakers make while cooking sugar cookies:
Used melted butter instead of softened
While using melted over softened butter doesn’t sound like a big difference, in baking, it does! In fact, melted and softened butter has two different chemical reactions when mixed with sugar.
When melted butter and sugar are creamed the cookies end up dense. While melted butter will help help the cookies rise and spread perfectly when baked.
Mismeasured the flour
The amount of flour you add to your dough is a big variable to your cookie’s final outcome. While measuring flour per cup seems simple and easy, it isn’t as accurate as it should be.
To accurately measure the amount of flour you place in the mixing bowl, here are some things to keep in mind:
- Stir the flour in the bag for it to lift and
lighten, this gets rid of clumps.
- When scooping out the flour, use a flat edge of a knife to accurately level the top.
Used old ingredients
Baking powder and baking soda have a shelf-life, they can lose their lifting capabilities over a period of time.
To make sure that your cookies properly rise, keep an eye on the expiration date of your baking powder/soda.
With this great selection of sugar cookie recipes, you’ll be baking fresh new batch sugar despite your skill level! Remember. closely follow the recipes and keep those baking tips in mind for a successful baking experience.
