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Best Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups of butter, softened
2 cups of granulated white sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of almond extract
2 eggs
4 teaspoons baking powder
6 cups all purpose flour

Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F.

In the bowl of your mixer cream butter and sugar until smooth.

Beat in extracts and eggs.

In a separate bowl combine baking powder with flour and add a little at a time to the wet ingredients. The dough will be very stiff. If it becomes too stiff for your mixer turn out the dough onto a countertop surface. Wet your hands and finish off kneading the dough by hand.

DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH. Divide into workable batches, roll out onto a floured surface and cut. You want these cookies to be on the thicker side (closer to 1/4 inch rather than 1/8).

Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.

NOTE: Incorporating the last cup of flour may make you nervous. It will be dry and look crumbly. Turn out the dough and work with wet hands until the dough is smooth and ready to roll.

Use buttercream recipe to frost.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
3 dozen large cookies
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This makes a LARGE amount of dough. The texture is medium-soft but you can bake them longer if you prefer a crisp cookie.

This Basic Sugar Cookie Dough comes together quickly, does NOT need to be chilled, can be doubled, halved, etc easily and holds its shape with very little expanding when baked.

 

 

 

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