Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe
These soft sugar cookies come together in about 30 minutes with no chilling, producing a tender, soft, and chewy center and lightly crisp sugary exterior. Made with just 6 simple pantry ingredients and a fast, no-chill dough, they’re the easiest soft sugar cookies you’ll ever bake.
Servings: 24 (Makes 24-26 cookies)
Calories: 178kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp coarse salt
Topping:
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar for rolling the cookie dough
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. (You can make 2 batches at the same time if more baking sheets are available.)
- Beat butter and sugar together for two minutes in an electric mixer on medium-high speed.
- Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl and beat for another minute.
- Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl again and beat in egg and vanilla extract on medium speed.
- Lower speed to low and add flour and baking powder. Beat just until combined.
- Scrape sides and bottom of the bowl and make sure all ingredients are evenly mixed.
- Scoop cookie dough with a cookie scoop (you can use #50 or #40 cookie scoop). Quickly but gently roll it into a ball and gently press to flatter it only slightly.
- Roll each cookie ball in white granulated sugar.
- Place cookie dough balls on prepared cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, depending on the size of the cookie.
- Cool cookies on a wire rack.
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Notes
- Storing: Always store cooled cookies. Un-frosted sugar cookies can easily be stored on the counter, in an air-tight container. Just make sure to keep the container away from direct sunlight, oven, or stove.
At room temperature, stored in an air-tight container, sugar cookies can last up to a weeks. After that, the cookies will start to harden or get stale.
If you’ve added icing or frosting to the cookies, store them in an air-tight container, in the refrigerator. Line some waxed parchment paper between the frosted cookies. - Frosting: You can easily make a simple buttercream frosting for these sugar cookies. You will need 1 stick (1/2 cup) of unsalted butter (softened), 2 cups of powdered sugar, 3-4 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt. Cream butter in a mixer for 2-3 minutes on medium-high speed, lower speed and add in powdered sugar. Raise speed to medium-high and pour in the cream, vanilla, and salt (and if using food coloring). Let it mix for a minute or so and it’s done.
Nutrition
Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 27mg | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 245IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.6mg