Classic Sugar Cookies

Name: Classic Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 1 cup butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; 1 egg; 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ All Purpose Flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 3 cups powdered sugar; 3 to 5 tablespoons milk; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla; Food colors, if desired; Colored sugar or candy sprinkles, if desired

Instructions

Prep:1h

We consider this the best sugar cookie recipe out there—because it's the kind your grandma or even great-grandma would recognize. Baking homemade sugar cookies from scratch is a time-honored tradition, after all! With a tender, short texture that comes from a good buttery base, these sugar cookies break with just the right balance of bend and snap. And the taste? Perfection. When it comes to the perfect cutout sugar cookie recipe, there's one more crucial factor to consider: how easy your cookies are to decorate! We've developed a simple icing that's easily tintable, covers smoothly, and dries firmly so that you can stack your finished cutout cookies without fear of smudging them. We love dressing them up in holiday style as festive Christmas sugar cookies! However you choose to decorate your sugar cookies with icing, they’re sure to impress friends and family.

Updated at: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:08:53 GMT