basic sugar cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. A party with a tray of cookies is always better Sugar cookies are a buttery classic that make a delicious anytime treat. Enjoy your sugar cookies plain, or decorate them with icing to make them festive.

Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets. The easy-to-handle dough in this basic sugar cookie is perfect for rolling and cutting. It holds its shape well during baking, tastes great, and the flavor can be changed according to whim: Swap. You can cook basic sugar cookies using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of basic sugar cookies

Prepare 2/3 cup of softened butter.
Prepare 3/4 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1 of egg.
It's 4 tsp of milk.
You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's 2 cup of flour.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.

Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Butter, sugar and Gold Medal™ flour are all you need for this quick and easy sugar cookie recipe. It's a make-ahead and make-it-your-own recipe. After you mix up the dough, shape it into a log and chill before cutting the cookie dough into slices for baking.

basic sugar cookies step by step

in a large bowl at a medium speed, cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy..
beat in egg, milk and vanilla..
blend in flour, baking powder an salt until well mixed..
divide dough in half and chill for 30 minutes..
preheat oven to 375°F and grease two large cookie sheets..
on a lightly floured surface, work with half of the dough each time, roll 1/8 inch thick..
use floured cookie cutters to cut shapes into dough and place about 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheet..
bake 8 - 10 minutes or until lightly brown..

Decorate the cookies by rolling them in holiday sprinkles before chilling, or drizzle an easy powdered sugar icing over. 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.