Carmen's Favorite Recipes: The best sugar cookies ever

How to Make Sugar Cookies

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Sugar cookies are a year-round favorite treat for many of us, but for one reason or another they're a baking staple during the holidays. 

Maybe it's because you can festively decorate them, or just cause they're packed with sugar, the world may never know...who knows? 

All I know is that I grew up baking them with my own mother during the holidays. And now I love baking them with my own children during the holidays. And they're just...um...yummy. 

But when baking sugar cookies you only want the best recipe because some recipes frankly just...well, they suck. There are many great sugar cookie recipes floating around out there, but the one I'm about to share is my personal favorite, thus far. 

The cookies come out perfect and so yummy. So without further delay, here is my favorite sugar cookie recipe - the best sugar cookie recipe ever. Okay, one of the best sugar cookie recipes. I'm sure there are others. 😂

Sugar Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups of butter, softened
• 2 cups of white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 5 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp salt

Friendly Warning:  Leaving any of these ingredients out will funk up your cookies. 

Sugar Cookies Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth with a hand-mixer. 
2. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
3. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt.
4. Cover dough and chill for at least one hour or over night for optimum results.
5. Once you're ready to bake your yummy sugar cookies, preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
6. Bake for 6-8 minutes. 

Check out "How to Bake Perfect Cookies" for baking tips on how to bake the perfect cookie to make sure that your cookies come out of the oven perfect.

Sugar Cookie Frosting Recipe  

If you'd like to frost your sugar cookies, here's a great sugar cooking frosting recipe that I love and have tried myself.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups confectioners sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 5 tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• Optional: food coloring - your color of choice.

Sugar Cookie Frosting Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream together the confectioners sugar and shortening until smooth with an electric hand mixer on low.
2. Gradually mix in the milk and vanilla on low/medium until smooth and stiff - about five minutes.
3. Color with food coloring if desired. If using more than one color of food coloring, then separate the frosting into separate bowls before coloring.

If you've decided to go ahead and frost your cookies, then you'll want to make sure that they don't stick to one another when you store them. So be sure to check out "How to Keep Cookie Frosting from Sticking" to learn how to keep your cookies from smudging or sticking to one another.

Have Fun!

  

2008 - Okay, so we epically failed decorating them. But we tried! And that's what counts, right? :D Looked like something from The Nightmare Before Christmas but they sure tasted good though! We have improved in our cookie decorating skills. This was the first time that we ever did sugar cookies together, lol. Epic Fail, but so good!