Sugar Cookies
These soft cut out cookies are perfect for decorating with Royal Icing
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer or hand mixer
Ingredients
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter *if using salted omit salt below
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 lg eggs, well beaten
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the 1 cup unsalted butter and 1 cup white granulated sugar, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary, add vanilla and beat until light and creamy.
- add the 2 lg eggs, well beaten one at a time and mix in.
- In a separate bowl combine, 2½ cups all-purpose flour, 2 tsp baking powder and ½ tsp salt
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix to combine well.
- Roll the dough to ¼" thickness on parchment paper then chill the dough for 15 minutes before cutting out into your desired shapes then transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake in a preheated 350℉ oven for 10 minutes or until the bottoms become golden.
Notes
These are a pretty simple sugar cookie and they are perfect for royal icing. They don't spread and are nice and soft when baked.