Soft CUT OUT Christmas Sugar Cookies - perfect every time! | The Recipe Rebel
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Ingredients
½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
2 cups granulated sugar (400 grams)
⅔ cup sour cream (5-14%)
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups all purpose flour (520 grams)
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
Frosting (optional)
1½ cups powdered sugar
¼ cup melted butter
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla (optional: will darken the frosting slightly)
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and creamy, about 3-4 minutes.
Add sour cream, egg and vanilla and beat until combined, scraping down the sides as necessary.
Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix until combined. A slightly soft dough should form.
Optional: you can chill this dough for 1 hour or overnight if you prefer, and it will be a little easier to work with. This isn't necessary though, and the cookies will still keep their shape even if baked right away.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Roll out cookie dough on a large piece of wax paper to ¼ thickness (you can dust with a tiny bit of flour if necessary -- don't overdo it! If it is too sticky to roll, sprinkle a little flour on top -- the smallest amount possible). Cut out desired shapes and place on parchment-lined baking sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes, until they look slightly puffed and dry but are not yet browning at the edges. Don't overbake or they will become hard -- they may look slightly underdone in the center but will set up as they cool.
Let cool completely before frosting.
Sugar Cookie Frosting:
In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, melted butter, milk and vanilla extract until smooth.
Spread over cooled cookies and decorate as desired. The frosting takes 1-2 hours to set, but I still recommend placing wax paper in between layers for stacking.
Easy No Spread Sugar Cookies
These no-spread sugar cookies are great for cutouts, perfectly sweet, and totally delicious. Unlike other sugar cookies that become a gloopy mess at room temperature this dough is easy to work with and needs minimal chilling, and of course they Keep their shape when you bake them! Perfect for cut out cookies.
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EASY SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE ~ PERFECT FOR CUT OUT COOKIES
This recipe makes a simple but versatile vanilla sugar cookie with only a few ingredients and no fancy techniques. The dough is easy to work with, you'll be able to roll & cut with ease and they are bound to be the perfect 'go to' cookie recipe for any holiday cookies ????????
This recipe requires chilling your dough, and yes I know, chilling is a pain....BUT rest assured that your patience will be paid off afterwards. I found chilling my cookie dough before and after cutting really helps to prevent spreading during baking. It also makes your dough very easy to manage when it comes time to roll it out and to cut out with perfect defined edges....so trust me when I tell you that it is well worth the wait! ????????????
????NOTE: makes approx 2 dozen of cookies (depending on cutter sizes)
???? INGREDIENTS:
175 grams icing sugar/powdered sugar [US Conversion: 1 ½ Cups]
225 grams salted butter (room temperature) [US Conversion: 2 Sticks or 1 Cup]
1 egg (room temperature)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or any flavour your prefer)
1 teaspoon baking powder
420 grams all-purpose flour [US Conversion: 3 ¼ Cups]
???? INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ Cream together butter and icing sugar.
▪ Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix well.
▪ Sift together flour & baking powder, add to the mixture little by little until well incorporated.
▪ Wait approximately 30 - 60 mins before working with the dough as it will firm up slightly.
▪ Roll the dough between baking paper and put it into the fridge for a few hours this will help prevent spreading. When the dough is a bit firmer, take it out of the fridge and cut into desired shapes (lightly dust with flour if necessary).
▪ Place the cut out cookie dough into a baking tray then put it into the fridge again for another 1-2 hours, this will also help prevent spreading.
▪ Bake cookies at 180° Celsius for approx 10-12 minutes (times may vary slightly depending on your oven). Note: Each oven is different, I would recommend you get to know your oven and adjust the time accordingly.
???? USEFUL TIPS for making perfect sugar cookies:
???? Ensure that you ALWAYS use room temperature butter, in the video i have shown you how to check if your butter have reached the correct room temperature, I can't stress enough on how important this is! Test your butter by pressing it, they should give slightly but it should still hold its shape. If you use butter that have melted too much and too soft you will end up with a dough that is too soft and hard to work with.
???? When its time to cut your cookie dough, make sure to keep your cuts as close together to get as many cookies out of your dough as possible. I usually divide my dough into half before rolling them (you would have seen this in my video) and when it comes to re-rolling your scraps after your first cut, I usually add the second half from my un-rolled dough with the scraps and knead them together, then re-roll and cut again.
???? Chill your dough if you want a perfect cut out cookies with define edges. I can't tell you how much chilling really helps my dough to retain they shape and prevent spreading, so for those of you who are impatient out there....if you want perfect cut out cookies I'm afraid you will have to wait and practice being patient LOL
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Sugar Cookie Recipe
2 sticks unsalted butter
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
⅜ teaspoon baking powder
Royal Icing Recipe
2 large egg whites
1 lb. box confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, plus more as needed to thin
Pinch of salt
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0:00 Start
0:17 Sugar Cookie Recipe Intro
0:40 Dessert Person Jingle
1:01 Ingredients & Special Equipment
1:43 How To Make Sugar Cookies
5:06 Roll Out The Cookie Dough
7:15 Shape & Bake
8:32 How To Make Royal Icing
10:04 Tips For Decorating
19:26 Outro To Sugar Cookies
20:21 A Dog Wearing Santa's Hat.
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