Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe
This easy sugar cookie recipe is great for cut-out cookies, and they hold their shape! Plus, adding almond extract makes these the best tasting cookies!
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 160kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon butter vanilla emulsion Can use regular vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond emulsion Can use regular almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- extra sugar or powdered sugar for rolling If desired
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees
- Cream the butter and sugar
- Add in extract and egg
- In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder
- Slowly add flour mixture to wet ingredients, until mixed
- Place dough out on rolling surface
- LIGHTLY sprinkle with flour, IF necessary, to reduce sticking (too much flour can make the dough crumbly)
- Knead dough, and roll out to a ¼ thickness
- Cut cookies in to desired shapes
- Bake for 6-8 minutes
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Notes
* You may notice that you don't have to chill the dough for these cookies! Some prefer doing it though, and if you do, you can chill in the freezer for 15 minutes or in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
* If you'd like to make the sugar cookies in advance, you can bake them, allow them to cool, and then place in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. I've even frozen them for a year and they've lasted!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 55mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.8mg
