Sugar Cookie Recipe
These New Years Eve Countdown Cookies are the PERFECT way to bring in the new year!
Servings: 2 dozen
Ingredients
- ¾ cups Butter
- 1 c White Sugar
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1 -½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 -½ cups All-purpose Flour
- ¼ teaspoons Cream Of Tartar
- 1 tsp. Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoons Salt
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine room temperature (not melted) butter and sugar until smooth.
- Add eggs and vanilla and combine.
- In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking powder, and salt. This is an important step; you want to avoid lumps in your dough.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet batter until fully incorporated.
- Drop dough onto a large piece of saran wrap, mold it into a 4×4 square, and refrigerate for at least one hour. I often let mine sit overnight.
- When ready to bake the cookies, generously flour a flat surface and roll out the dough. You can use as much flour as you need! I prefer to make cookies about 1/4? to 1/2? thick, but you can go thicker and still have successful results.
- For best results, bake on silpat or parchment paper. You can reuse parchment, too!
- Bake at 325-350 degrees for 5 to 8 minutes. In my oven, right about 6 minutes yields a perfectly cooked cookie, with no brown edges.