Easy Sugar Cookies

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Our easy sugar cookies are simple to make and they can be made to fit any holiday or occasion with some colorful sprinkles. Learn how to make sugar cookies that the whole family can help decorate with sprinkles or sugar cookie icing. This recipe will make 2 dozen sugar cookies.

There’s something special about making cookies at home, being with family, enjoying spending time together, and of course the heavenly smell of sugar cookie aroma throughout the house. Growing up my mom would make refrigerated sugar cookie dough, but as soon as I was old enough I wanted to make sugar cookies from scratch. I love using real ingredients in my baked goods and choosing all the ingredients that go into a recipe.

EASY SUGAR COOKIES

if you liked our sugar cookie recipe you’ll love our black and white cookies recipe too!

I love when our homemade sugar cookies come out of the oven. I put them on a rack to cool, but I admit, it’s hard to wait. I love enjoying them while they’re still warm!

The best sugar cookie recipe should be soft, and slightly crunchy on the ends.  This is truly a perfect sugar cookie recipe for Christmas Sugar Cookies or any other holiday sprinkles! We always make them for the holiday.

If you don’t want to use sprinkles on your sugar cookie dough you can bake them up and then decorate with sugar cookie icing or sugar cookie frosting.

How to make sugar cookies

Our easy sugar cookie recipe is so simple and you only need a few ingredients that you may already have in the house!

• 2 Sticks of Butter softened unsalted
• 1 1/2 Cups White Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 2 3/4 Cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 Teaspoon Salt

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a stand mixer combine the butter and sugar and cream until smooth.
3. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
4. Combine the dry ingredients into a bowl and slowly add into the butter mixture on medium speed.
5. Scoop out cookies using a cookie scoop into sugar or sprinkles.
6. Place scooped sugar cookie dough onto a cookie sheet and flatten just a little.
7. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned
8. Cool on wire racks

This is such a simple sugar cookie recipe and we know you’ll love it just as much as we do!

We love serving our easy sugar cookies with some hot cocoa or cold milk. Another fun sprinkle is nonpareil sprinkles, there’s no wrong way to top our easy sugar cookies!

more easy cookie recipes:

• Black and White Cookies – a staple in NYC, you haven’t lived until you’ve tried a black and white cookie!
• Raspberry Cookies – these are sweet, delicious, and use natural food dye
• Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies – these cookies are stuffed with chocolate and caramel, topped with a little sea salt
• Frozen Yogurt Fruit Bark Cookies – a no-bake cookie that is healthy and sweet
• Lactation Cookies – healthier cookies, not just for nursing moms!
• Giant Cookie Recipe – this recipe makes one giant sugar cookie, it’s fun and delicious
• Double Chocolate Cake Cookies – when you want chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms – the perfect combo of peanut butter and chocolate in a cookie
• Chocolate Chip Palmiers – only 4 ingredients
• Cookie Butter Cookies – if you love cookie butter these were made for you

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Easy Sugar Cookies

Prep Time

7 mins

Cook Time

8 mins

Total Time

15 mins

 

Our easy sugar cookies are simple to make and they can be made to fit any holiday or occasion with some colorful sprinkles. Learn how to make sugar cookies that the whole family can help decorate with sprinkles or sugar cookie icing. This recipe will make 2 dozen sugar cookies.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 24 cookies

Calories: 1436 kcal

Author: Courtney Lopez

Ingredients

• 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• sprinkles or sugar cookie icing

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
   

   
   

2. In a stand mixer combine the butter and sugar and cream until smooth.

3. Beat in the egg and vanilla.

4. Combine the dry ingredients into a bowl and slowly add into the butter mixture on medium speed.

5. Scoop out cookies using a cookie scoop into sugar or sprinkles.

6. Place sugar cookie dough scoop onto cookie sheet and flatten a little bit.

7. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned

   
   

8. Cool on wire racks

Nutrition Facts

Easy Sugar Cookies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1436 Calories from Fat 846

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 94g 145%

Saturated Fat 58g 290%

Cholesterol 335mg 112%

Sodium 631mg 26%

Potassium 162mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates 151g 50%

Sugars 150g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 59.2%

Calcium 8.4%

Iron 2.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.