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By Natalie 23 Comments
A good sugar cookie recipe is like a good pair of jeans. Good to go anywhere, can dress them up for any occasion and EVERYONE loves a good pair of jeans-and a good sugar cookie!
I have three cookie cookbooks. That is all they have in them. Pages upon pages and many dedicated to sugar cookies! Which are one of my personal faves! Out of all of them, I have created the following recipe. It holds it’s shape when cut out with a cookie cutter, it is moist and it has a really nice flavor.
These are decorated for Halloween, but you could do Christmas or Valentine’s Day hearts!
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons softened butter
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tarter
Cream sugars, butter, vanilla and almond extract and one egg. In separate bowl sift together dry ingredients. Combine both and mix until smooth. Put cookie dough in fridge for an hour. Roll out to 1/4″ thickness and cut out shapes. Cook at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes, until edges just begin to be golden. Let cool on pan.
To make icing, put 2 cups of powdered sugar in bowl and add color either liquid food coloring or gel food coloring. Add a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract. Mix, adding milk until the consistency is thick, but smooths and settles to a shiny surface when untouched. Smooth on cookie and let stand until it hardens.
What holiday baking do you do every year? Are sugar cookies on the list?
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About Natalie
A committed, but not yet institutionalized SAHM of three. I enjoy crafting experiments, cooking and baking adventures, and fancy myself as handy with a power drill as I am a glue gun. I may not get the project right the first time, but I always have fun doing it!
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Jackie saysI love cookies! And these seem like they’d be similar to a shortbread cookie with the powdered sugar.
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- Rosey says
These came out fabulous. I’m going to bookmark them and attempt a Christmas version later. Thx!
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- mariah says
Mmm….! I love sugar cookies! <3
I hear that the powdered sugar woorks great!See AlsoSecret Ingredient Easy Chocolate Mousse RecipeRed Velvet Fudge RecipeItalian Bean Soup with Sausage Recipe - About a MomThanks for sharing
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- L says
Sugar cookies are my holiday favorite but one of the only ones I don’t make from scratch. They never have enough flavor but maybe I’ll try it with the almond extract!
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- Lucie Edmondson says
They look so yummy! Have to try it. 🙂
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- judy gardner says
i love halloween! every year we have a party for the kids in the family and these would be great for that!
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- Laurie Nykaza says
These sugar cookies look so good and all ready for Halloween. So the kids would love making them, and eating them too.
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- Rosie says
This is a recipe different from others, I’ve not used softened butter, powdered sugar or cream of tartar in sugar cookies – I must try these as I need to make more sugar cookies and I’m feeling adventurous – these look soo good!
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- Julie Wood says
I love making sugar cookies and this recipe is really good to make these. I like the different designs I can put on them and my kids love making them!
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- Elena says
these cookies look so cute!
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- shelly peterson says
We love sugar cookies. These are cute and look super yummy. We have a sugar cookie recipe in my family that I love, It’s one used when I was a kid and with my kids and now grandkids.
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- Dandi D says
Sugar cookies are my favorite kind of cookie, so I’ll have to try this!
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- Cynthia R says
You had me at sugar cookie, lol. Great job decorating! Very impressed.
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- Rosie says
I got a chuckle out of this, as I was just looking at my cookbooks yesterday, the ones I’ve had for ages, and the only pages that are all worn are the cookie section! I haven’t seen a sugar cookie recipe with powdered sugar, and it is smaller amount of cookies/flour than most, which is good. I’d love to try it!
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- G K says
These look wonderful! I love the addition of almond extract. Very unique!
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- Janet W. says
Now you really have me wanting to try your recipe! These are the cutest cookies!
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- rochelle haynes says
Looking good love to try these
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- Cami Valenzuela says
We love making sugar cookies. Yumm. Will have to try this recipe. We plan on making some this weekend for Halloween. Thanks for a chance
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- Cheryl Wilson says
I make sugar cookies every year for my daughter’s classroom parties. Just made some today for her Halloween party. Kids seemed uninterested in the cookies, but pigged out on chips, pudding and commercial stuff. Guess this generation doesn’t appreciate the art of home baking. Haha well, I liked them.
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- David says
The great thing about sugar cookies, aside from being very versatile for different holidays, is that the kids can help make them and actually be helping.
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- Nancy says
Sugar cookies are a treat everyone loves! These look delish!
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- HS says
We bake sugar cookies on holidays every year!
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- Sara Zielinski says
These are very tasty sugar cookies.
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