It’s ok, it’s ok, I know.
I have been there. When I was first married I did not even know how to turn on the oven. But a little youtube and hunger go a long way in the teaching department.
So, in honor of everyone out there who burns toast and forgets at add cheese to lasagna and says that scrambled eggs are their favorite only because that’s the only way they can make them… this is for you.
I want YOU to shine this holiday season.
I am going to share my favorite sugar cookie recipes of all time. I have made lots. I know what works and trust me on this one, this is by far the best sugar cookie recipe ever.
If you make this, people will be asking you for your recipe and they will be trying to sneak just one more.
I will also share my no fail sugar cookie icing recipe.
BONUS: I am also going to give you a secret tip in how to make beautifully decorated cookies.
Now… would you like to do this?
or this?
Its easy.
(please say the next sentence in your head without pausing just to get the full effect) Really and truly I cannot tell a lie I promise you from the bottom of my heart you can do this and you can do this well it really is easy.
Its just dots.
Get a zip lock bag, put some icing into it, cut off the tiniest tip possible from the corner of the bag and just put some dots on your cookie.
Do any design you want… I promise it will look good. Do a cross or a tree or a word or just outline the cookie in dots.
That is one of my favorite tricks! Dots. Lots and lots of dots.
Find more cookie ideas or inspiration!
Go forth and conquer!
Amazing Sugar Cookies and Sugar Cookie Glaze
Ingredients
Sugar Cookies
- 1 -½ cups Unsalted Butter
- 2 cups Granulated Sugar
- 2 whole Eggs
- 2 Egg Yolks
- 4 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 2 teaspoons Almond Extract
- 4 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
Sugar Cookie Glaze
- 1 cup Confectioners Sugar
- 1-3 tablespoons milk
- 1 drop fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
Instructions
- In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until well combined, about 2 minutes.
- Add in 2 eggs and 2 egg yolks and mix until combined.
- Add in vanilla and almond extract; mix until combined.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Slowly (about a cup at a time) add flour to butter mixture and combine.
- Mix ingredients until they are combined, if you over-mix this dough it can get tough.
- Put dough in some Saran wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour, up to overnight.
- When you are ready to bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out (this can take some time as the dough is stiff), cut out cookies, and bake for 6-8 minutes. Some readers have also suggested chilling the cut out cookie dough before baking.
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I love sugar cookies. And with frosting? Sounds wonderful!
I hope you’ll stop by and link up today at my Holly Bloggy Christmas Recipe party!
So i have sugar cookie dough in the fridge right now. i am too chicken to try to roll it out on my own. is it bad that i have DH roll it out for me
That’s a great icing tip!
Too Cute!! I may have to try those recipes some time!! I posted the recipes I used for the 260 Drop In and Decorate Cookies I made!
Hope you’ll join in tomorrow, I’m hosting Christmas Traditions and Memories for the Holly Bloggy Christmas Bash!!
~TidyMom
I just found your blog–all the cookies are gorgeous and great inspiration. I’m making your sugar cookie recipe now (they taste delicious as batter) and I was wondering for future reference if you could go into greater detail about how to not mess up all the rolling and cutting parts of making cookies? I always end up with cookies that cling to cutters and dough that won’t cleanly separate. Just wondering.
We did it! These are every bit as amazing and awesome as the recipe says! Thank you for sharing the recipe and tips! Now for batch #2! 🙂
How many cookies does your recipe make?
awesome. Thank you so much for the tips. I made sugar cookies last week with the kids with an untried recipe and it did not hold up well.
I have my mom’s old recipe which works great for cut outs etc but they have to be the plainest tasting cookies I’ve ever eaten.
Thanks again. Merry Christmas!
Thanks for sharing your recipe. Can’t wait to try them! The girls and I have yet to do any Christmas baking…. (Cannot believe I am so far behind this year! At least I finished canning all the cranberry apple butter I’m giving away as gifts a month ago! That’s what happens when you end up researching, planning, and decorating 2 cakes in a week’s time, I guess. Or, at least, that’s what happens to me. You know, since I can’t use the same recipe twice, and I find myself putting together elaborate cakes each and every stinkin’ time….and doing an all-nighter to pull it off!) Anyway, we’re just doing a teeny little bit of homeschooling this week, and then it’s on to Christmas baking! Oh, I can’t remember….do your cookies stay soft or are they the crunchy variety? And, how thick do you roll out your dough….1/8″…1/16?
Just baked these, they smell yummy. Decorating later.