Sweetopia's Sugar Cookie Recipe Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 ½ c. butter, room temp.
2 c. sugar
2 large eggs
seeds from 1 vanilla bean (or 3 tsp. vanilla extract)
5 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
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Directions:1. Cream the butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer on low to medium speed. Mix until thoroughly incorporated- for about one minute. Scrape down sides of bowl with a plastic spatula and mix again for a few seconds more
*Over mixing butter and sugar in this step will cause too much air to be incorporated into the dough. If you'd like a light and fluffy cookie, that's ideal, however the dough will spread more during baking; not ideal if you'd like the cookie to hold its shape
2. Add eggs slowly and mix. Scrape down bowl with spatula again at least once and mix again
3. Cut open your vanilla bean and scrape the seeds out. Add to mixing bowl. Alternatively, add liquid vanilla extract. Stir briefly.
4. Sift dry ingredients together. Add flour mixture to the bowl. Place a large tea towel or two small tea towels between the edge of the bowl and electric mixture so the flour won't escape. Mix on low for 30 seconds. Remove the tea towels and observe the dough mixing; when it clumps around the paddle attachment, it's ready. It's also important at this stage not to over mix the dough (the glutens in the flour develop and the dough can become tough)
6. Roll the dough out between 2 large pieces of parchment paper. Place on baking sheet and into the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour. Roll out the dough further if you need to, and cut out cookie shapes. Place on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Re-roll scraps and repeat.
7. Put cookie dough shapes back into the fridge for 10 min. to 1 hour to chill again. They will hold their shape better when baked.
8. Preheat your oven to 350º. Bake cookies for 8-12 min. or until the edges become golden brown. The baking time will depend on the size of your cookie. Let cookies cool to room temp. and decorate! |
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