Sugar Cookies

Sweet and simple, these cookies are the perfect base for all of your creativity!

Prep Time5

Cook Time7

Chilling Time1

Total Time1 12

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookie

Servings:

Calories: 151kcal

Author: The Nerdy Gourmet

Ingredients

1 cup butter unsalted
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Instructions

Cream the butter and add sugar. Mix.
Add egg and extracts. Mix.
Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix.
Chill dough for one hour.
Preheat oven to 350°
Roll the dough to 1/4" thick. Cut out with your desired cutters.
Bake for 7 minutes or until the bottoms are golden.
Let cool and frost as desired.

Nutrition

“For a split second her daughter looked like a little girl again, her dark eyes wide with hope, her “lips curving into a hesitant smile. Years’ worth of parties were between them now, a net of shared memories. “Of course,” Kate said. “I love those cookies.”

Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane Tweet

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