Easy Sugar Cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Find Easy Sugar Cookies Recipe Now! In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.

Mix the flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl; set the mixture aside. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. In large bowl, beat softened butter and granulated sugar with spoon until well mixed. You can cook Easy Sugar Cookies using 7 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Easy Sugar Cookies

You need 1 1/2 cups of white sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of shortening, I use crisco sticks.
It's 2 tbsp of cream, milk or half and half.
It's of Good splash of vanilla.
It's 1 of egg.
Prepare 2 1/2 cups of SELF RISING flour.
You need 1 tsp of baking soda.

Stir in flour until moistened, using hands to mix if needed (dough will be crumbly). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl; set aside. Place sugar and butter into bowl of heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment.

Easy Sugar Cookies step by step

Preheat oven to 375. Cream sugar and shortening til fluffy. Add cream and vanilla then crack in the egg. Mix to combine. Add baking soda to flour and add I cup at a time until mixed well..
On parchment lined pan drop cookies and bake about 8 minutes. I added colored sugar sprinkles before I baked them. I use a cookie scoop. Bake only until the bottoms turn slightly brown. Transfer to a cooling rack..

Beat at medium speed until well combined. Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color. Add egg and milk and beat to combine. Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture. I love sugar cookies that are crisp on the outside and very chewy on the inside.