Recipe: Delicious Soft Sugar Cookies makes 4 dozen

Soft Sugar Cookies makes 4 dozen. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, shortening and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla.

Next, sprinkle the flour, baking soda and salt evenly over the dough, and stir just to combine. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, beat together with an electric mixer the butter and sugar. You can have Soft Sugar Cookies makes 4 dozen using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Soft Sugar Cookies makes 4 dozen

1. Prepare 3 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
2. You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
4. You need 1 cup of unsalted butter.
5. It's 1 1/2 cup of white sugar.
6. It's 2 of eggs.
7. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
8. It's 1 tsp of almond extract.

Once light and fluffy, add the egg yolk and extracts. Once well incorporated, sprinkle over half the flour mixture and beat gently until combined, then sprinkle over the rest. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in extracts and eggs, one at a time. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; gradually beat into creamed mixture.

Soft Sugar Cookies makes 4 dozen instructions

1. sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, and set aside..
2. in large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy..
3. beat in the eggs one at a time..
4. stir in almond and vanilla extract..
5. blend in dry ingredients until fully mixed..
6. cover dough and chill at least 2 hours or overnight..
7. preheat oven to 400°F. line baking sheet with parchment paper..
8. on floured surface, roll dough to 1/4 inch thick. cut out shapes..
9. bake 6 to 8 min. or until edges are barely brown..
10. remove cookie from sheet to cool..

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets. You want the edges and underside of the cookies to be a light golden brown color. Over baking sugar cookies can leave them a darker brown, brittle, and hard.