Best Sugar Cookie Recipe

Name: Best Sugar Cookie Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 3 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional); 1 egg; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 3 cups all-purpose flour

Submitted by Chef #1803539977

"Soft cut out sugar cookie recipe that keeps its shape and dough does not need to be chilled before baking- perfect edges every time!"

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Ready In:: 38mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 3 dozen

ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¹⁄₂ teaspoon almond extract (optional)
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour

directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
In the bowl of your mixer cream butter and sugar until smooth.
Beat in extracts and egg.
In a separate bowl combine baking powder with flour and add a little at a time to the wet ingredients. The dough will be very stiff. If it becomes too stiff for your mixer turn out the dough onto a countertop surface. Wet your hands and finish off kneading the dough by hand.
DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH. Divide into workable batches, roll out onto a floured surface and cut. You want these cookies to be on the thicker side (closer to 1/4 inch rather than 1/8).
Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Let cool on the cookie sheet until firm enough to transfer to a cooling rack.