Easy Frosted Sugar Cookies
Looking for the best sugar cookie recipe for cutouts? This is it! Delicious, mildly flavored, and they don't spread in the oven!Recipe adapted from AllRecipes.Here's our sugar cookie icing recipe for when it is decorating time!
Servings: 72 cookies
Calories: 91kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter 3 sticks, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla, almond, peppermint, or coconut extract
- 5 cups all-purpose flour plus more for rolling (see notes)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, using a hand mixer, or mixing with a wooden spoon, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in eggs and extract until well-combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the remainder of cookie ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to wet in batches, until combined.
- Divide dough into quarters, form into discs, and wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours in the fridge, or 20 minutes in the freezer.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Remove one disc from the fridge and roll out on floured surface until dough is ⅛"-¼" thick.
- Cut with cookie cutters and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 6-8 minutes, watching closely. Cookies are done when bottoms are just barely golden. Remove immediately from cookie sheet, then let cool completely on wire racks before frosting. Make sure cookie sheets are cool to touch before placing more cookie dough on them.
- Decorate with sugar cookie icing and sprinkles, as desired.
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Notes
- The standard way to roll out sugar cookies is to use additional flour, but you can also use powdered sugar. The powdered sugar absorbs into the cookie while it bakes and doesn't leave any flour residue.
- Here's our sugar cookie icing recipe for when it is decorating time!
- Make sure the cookies are cooled completely before decorating.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 91kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 48mg | Potassium: 14mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 131IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.5mg
