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Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until creamy and well-combined with a stand or electric beater.

  2. Add egg and vanilla extract and beat until completely combined.

  3. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Then gradually add dry ingredients into wet until completely combined.

  4. Lay out a large piece of plastic wrap and transfer approximately half of the sticky dough onto the wrap.

  5. Cover with clear wrap and mold into a disk. Repeat with remaining cookie dough in another piece of cling wrap. Transfer dough to refrigerator and chill for at least 2-3 hours.

  6. Once dough has finished chilling, preheat oven to 350F.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

  7. Generously dust a clean surface with flour and deposit one chilled cookie dough disk onto the surface. Lightly flour the dough and roll out to 1/8" (for thinner, crispier cookies) or 1/4" (for thicker, softer cookies). Continue to add flour as needed both on top of and beneath the dough so that it doesn't stick.

  8. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters that have been dusted with flour so they don't stick to the dough. Use a spatula to transfer shapes to prepared baking sheet.

  9. Bake on 350F for 9-10 minutes, or until edges just begin to turn lightly golden brown. Allow cookies to cool completely on cookie sheet before moving and frosting.