Favorite Sugar Cookie Recipe

We are continuing “S” week. We made our Favorite Sugar Cookie Recipe. Then used the S cookie cutter to cut out cookies. Now, like most families, we have a series of Family Favorites. This recipe is nothing short of that. It is a super simple recipe with a short list of ingredients which make the Classic Sugar cookie taste that  I love. This is the same recipe I used 4 years ago to make mass quantities for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Christmas. I sold my packaged cookies to a coffee shop in my home town and would sell out in a day or two. It is a good recipe that I am happy to share with you all.

(Sorry for the terrible pictures, this was all I had for this.)

Ingredients;

1 1/2 cups Butter

2 cups Sugar

4 Eggs

1 teaspoon Vanilla

5 cups of All Purpose Flour

2 teaspoons Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Salt

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Then have your cookie sheets ready. (There is no need to grease them.)

In Kitchen Aid cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

 

Then add one egg at a time mixing until each egg is incorporated before adding the next. Then add vanilla.

Then add all the dry ingredients and push down dough in mixer as needed.

This preschooler is a pro at 3 years of age!

 

It is so great to see young children comfortable using kitchen appliances.

Your dough will be shaggy. You will need to wrap it in some plastic wrap put in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours.

I like to start this project with my toddler in the morning that way in the afternoon at activity time we have the dough ready to roll and cut.

Also, once dough is chilled feel free to split into 3 parts and freeze 2 of the batches. I do like to do this activity once a week using the letter of the week cookie cutter.

Then help your toddler roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thickness and let her cut out her “S” cookies.

I love to see little hands at work in the kitchen.

 

Place all cookies on an un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes at 400 degrees.

 

Then let cool on cooling rack. Then comes frosting time!

My favorite frosting for these sugar cookies is my Royal Icing.

Here’s the recipe for that;

1 cup Powdered Sugar

1 Teaspoon Clear Vanilla Extract

1 Teaspoon Corn Syrup (for sheen, optional)

5 tablespoons of milk

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl with a small whisk or fork. Make sure icing is not too runny; if it is runny, add some more powdered sugar. You don’t want the icing dropping off the cookies. Then with a small offset spatula (or an tongue depressor for your toddler) spread icing on cookies.

Add sprinkles if you like to the cookies and enjoy!