I love this recipe but the only reason I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is because the recipe listed above is huge and on the first batch I tried to make it stripped the gears from the beaters on my mixer. I'm an experienced baker and have made big batches of cookies every christams but this killed my mixer. My advice is to half this recipe. I also doubled the vanill and skipped the butter flavoring. My original intent was to find a good sugar cookie that would hold up to kids decorating them. I'm making about 500 cookies, some big, some normal size for a holiday party. So far these have been excellent and my family loves them! we'll see how they stand up to 300 kids (mostly boys) come this Saturday!!

Reviewed On: Dec. 14, 2009

Yum!! These are so deelish and buttery! I also increased the sugar to 3/4 cup. Some I made plain, others I used thin confectioner's sugar icing. Found that kneading the dough after mixing and refrigerating for a few minutes helps. I cut these into bar/squares.

Reviewed On: Jun. 4, 2009