Nice easy recipe. Makes tons of dough, I would halve next time for our family. I didn't know what confectioner's sugar was (is it powdered sugar?) and used regular instead, which made a very sweet cookie, still very nice. I will make again and try w/powdered sugar. Added Made them again with correct sugars, the texture is smoother and the cookie is much less sweet. Having done both ways, I might tinker with the sugar and do 1.5 cups granulated + 0.5 cups powdered/confectioners next time. I like a sweeter sugar cookie. Also, we have been pressing down the dough before baking (the kids like to do this) with fine results.

Mmmmm! quick, easy and no waiting for the batter to chill!

I first saw this same recipe in Country Magazine years ago, and have been using the recipe ever since. I usually add a tsp of nutmeg and they are awesome, but that's my love for nutmeg. I tend to make my cookies larger and bake time is more like 18-20 min. It still makes 4-5dz. Most definitely a melt in your mouth cookie. This will be the only sugar cookie recipe I ever use.

My family and friends love these cookies. I roll the dough into balls, roll the balls in cinnamon sugar, and then press lightly with the bottom of a glass before baking. The cookies freeze well.

I made these cookies with my five year old daughter. The recipe was simple with ingredients that we had at hand. The cookies came out perfect - light and crisp. We rolled them into 1/2" balls and flattened slightly with a fork to make a criss-cross pattern then sprinkled them with Halloween sprinkles. We'll be making them again!

I am giving this a 5 star rating because they are everything she said they were...but on my second try, same batch. A note is to roll the dough into little balls and dip the tops into coarse sugar. Watch them CAREFULLY in the oven. The ball cookies ARE melt in our mouths, soft, gentle crust cookies. My first pans, I dropped by spoons and they did not too well. Weather out today is cloudy, slight humidity...could have something to do with difference, kitchen window open. Thanks for the recipe, great sugar cookie!

These cookies were really good! However, mine turned out to be a little dry, maybe I added too much flour? Will try to make them again.

These are not what I was expecting....kind of tastes like a sugar cookie, but, not nearly the same texture. They do melt in your mouth, which makes them on the dry side and fragile--but, sitll good. I will say the dough is excellent to work with, very easy to use my 1.5" cookie scoop and put 16 balls on each sheet--from start to finish is went fast and it made up a large amount of cookies.

Oh my. These are quite possibly the best sugar cookies I've ever eaten. I followed the recipe except I used regular margarine, not unsalted butter, and I replaced 1 cup of the flour with whole wheat flour. We couldnt even wait for them to cool! They absolutely melt in your mouth! Note: if using a regular cookie sheet (one that is NOT nonstick), these may need to bake longer than 10 minutes. Mine did! Keep a careful eye on them.

These were really easy to make and my family loved them.

These cookies are fantastic. Very easy to make with ingredients I always have on hand. They remind me of cookies that my grandmother and mother used to make, which they called "teacake cookies." This recipe is definitely a keeper!

My new favorite Sugar Cookies, they were just excellent.

We have made this recipe four times now and enjoy it more each time. We use hazelnut extract instead of vanilla and add the 1 tsp of salt. Delicous!

little dry

These cookies taste good, but were not what I was looking for. They are a drier, more crumbly cookie-almost like shortbread. I love a soft, chewy sugar cookie. But the taste is great. I added a bit of salt and almond extract like others suggested and my kids are eating them up!

Substituting shortening for butter turns out a shortbread-type cookie. Also tasty. followed the recipe as written and used a piping tip on a decorator bag to make drops the size of a quarter. Topped with "really good frosting" from this site (about a pencil eraser size) and then sat down and ate all of them (about 15 dz) :) Cheap and quick good for bake sales.