Roll-Out Sugar Cookies. Fresh baked, hand-made, individually decorated real American cookies. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Make the sugar cookie dough, roll them out and pre-cut the shapes.
Roll dough between sheets of parchment or waxed paper Rather than roll dough on a floured surface, roll it between sheets of non-stick parchment or waxed paper. Adding extra flour to dough as a result of rolling can make cookies tough. And cutout cookies release easily from paper when you move them to the baking sheet, preserving their shape. You can cook Roll-Out Sugar Cookies using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Roll-Out Sugar Cookies
- It's 1 cup of Butter.
- It's 1 cup of Granulated sugar.
- It's 1 large of Egg.
- Prepare 2 tsp of Baking powder.
- You need 1 tsp of Vanilla extract.
- Prepare 3 cup of all-purpose flour.
Cut out cookies into desired shapes. Yes, this is on the thicker side and yes, this produces extra thick and soft cookies. If rolling out cookie dough doesn't sound appealing, try my drop sugar cookies instead. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar with electric mixer.
Roll-Out Sugar Cookies instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla..
- Combine the flour and baking powder, and add to the mixture 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition. (you made need to add more flour).
- Divide the dough into 2 balls..
- Roll out to 1/8 inch thickness onto a floured surface..
- Cute into shapes with any kind of cookie cutters. (I used Halloween ones).
- Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 6-10 minutes, or until the edges are slightly brown..
- Cool completely. Decorate as desired..
Do not chill dough it will be stiff. Cut the dough using your favorite cookie cutter and transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. For even baking, rotate the pan halfway through baking. Add the egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract and mix on medium speed until combined. Place cookies onto the prepared baking sheets.