absolutely lovely! but they taste best when they come out of the oven, after its chilled there is too big of a difference in taste! so be quick

These are GREAT sugar cookies! I made them with my 3 year old son and he had a great time! We put in almond extract instead of lemon and then I just seperated the finished dough into quarters. I fridged one quarter over night and then froze the remaining three (in seperate bags) for future cookie making afternoons. This made it into the perfect amount of cookie cutting and baking time to keep a 3 year old entertained with the process. Too much fun and a fabulous cookie! They would make great ones for frosting too.

I left out the lemon and used more vanilla and I also just dropped them on the cookie sheet once everything was mixed. Wow! These were so flavorful! I decorated mine with a powdered sugar and milk frosting but I wish I had left them plain! Next time, I'm going to try just sprinkles. If you are looking for an easy and tasty sugar cookie recipe, this is it! Update: I made these again without the frosting. I just put some sprinkles on before baking. They were so tasty! Next I will have to try them with buttercream frosting.

This recipie is not good for cut-outs. The cookies spread into a huge blob with no shape, defeating the point of cut-outs. The taste is fairly good, but I thought the lemon was a little overpowering for a sugar cookie. I would cut it in half unless you really like the taste of lemon in your cookies.

This is a delicious cookie - crispy yet tender inside. I left out the lemon extract and increased the vanilla to 1 1/2 tsp. I made these for a bridal shower. After chilling the dough, I rolled out a small portion at a time and cut with a heart-shaped cookie cutter. They baked for about 8 minutes. While they were still warm, I cut out two holes in the middle of the cookie with a straw. When the cookies were completely cool, I threaded a pink ribbon through the holes and tied a bow. Decorated with coarse sugar, colored sugar or sprinkles. Very pretty and wonderful flavor.

I had high hopes for these cookies after making the batter and tasting it, but after refridgerating it after night I realized making the cookies was much more of a nuisance. The batter was far too sticky and after trying all manners of fixing it (flouring, moistening cookie cutters etc.) I ended up just dropping tablespoons of batter down and cutting them out with a glass /after/ they were baked. After all that trouble they weren't terribly amazing, possibly good if you're willing to fool around with troublesome dough, but otherwise use a different recipe.

My family LOVES these cookies. I didn't wait overnight to bake. I made my first batch right away. I used my cookie scoop and they came out round and plump. They are so moist and GREAT. I didn't have lemon juice so I used lime. These are great cookies. This is a recipe I will use forever.

After reading most of the negative reviews regarding this recipe, I decided to go ahead and try it anyway. Like many others, I also added more flour after finding the dough too sticky, and I DID NOT refrigerate it overnight, or for any amount of time, and the only other change I made was omitting the lemon extract. My 3 1/2 yr old daughter helped me cut the dough into snowmen, bells, Christmas trees, and hearts. After they baked, I let them cool for about 15 minutes, then poured icing that I mixed with food coloring over them (the kind that you heat in the microwave and it hardens). We wrapped them up in colored paper and ribbons the next day and brought them to my family for Christmas Eve. No one could believe these cookies were home-made! They were so thick, shaped beautifully and rich in taste. The snowmen were blue, the hearts pink, the trees green with colorful sprinkles, and the bells purple. I highly recommend this recipe, and also this frosting to color and pour over them. I forget the brand, but I think it says "heat and pour" on the container. Just make sure to use a rack so the frosting can drip through. I'm going to make them again for Valentine's day. Now, in retrospect, I really wish I had taken pictures to post on this website.

I read all the reviews that said it was difficult to use this for cut outs...we had no problem at all! We chilled the dough overnight and used flour on the cutting board. They were perfect! They taste excellent too.

This is a great recipe my kids love it and its so easy I love it

These cookies tasted very good, and kept their shape well. I had to add a lot of extra flour though (at least another cup), as the dough was very sticky. I may have added too much butter. I would suggest rolling it out a little fatter (more to eat!)

I followed the recipe exactly as written...and I mean measure for measure... and when the cookies went into the oven, they basically melted into giant sugar blobs! They surprisingly still tasted very good, I loved the flavor. But they were unrecognizable and were ruined for decorating. Very disappointing - I had 6 friends over for cookie baking and we couldn't do a single sugar cookie. Very disappointing.

Followed the recipe, EXCEPT: added lemon zest instead of extract. In my opinion, this is not a cut-out friendly recipe as submitted, but I rolled it into balls, then in sugar, and they came out great. The dough really is delicious! I did not add extra flour this time, but the flavor warrants another try.

Definately NOT a cut out cookie. Dough was way too sticky and wouldn't roll out. I even added an extra cup of flour and it still stuck!

I just made these cookies for a Halloween party a while ago, and they were a big hit! The dough was delicious (probably could have gotten more cookies made if I hadn't been eating so much of it...), but I did find I needed to add about an extra cup of flour for the dough to hold shapes.

Mmm, this is hands down the best cookie recipe I have made so far. Somebody out there is going to scold me for my impatience, but I didn't chill the cookies and instead made drop cookies out of the dough. I also omitted the lemon extract. They flattened out to a perfect soft mound. They looked beautiful and my whole family loved them. Looks like I made a mistake in halfing the recipe. :)

this is the WORST recipe I;ve ever made! It's very sticky and doesn't roll out. I'm in my 40's and have made a lot of cookies. Maybe increase the flour or use only 1 egg. Either way this recipe needs help!

This is by far the best sugar cookie recipe I have ever had. I followed the recipe to a tee and they turned out perfect. My kids and I cut them out and decorated them for Santa. I read these other posts about the cookies not holding shape and the dough hard to work with. Not true at all... I can see that stuff happening if you do not have a clue on making roll out cookies. I did find that if you roll the dough too thin or too thick the cookies will become a little distorted but not cookie blobs. Give my regards to Betz... best cookies Santa's ever had.

I've been searching for a great sugar cookie recipe,and this is it!! I didn't want to make cut out cookies,so I avoided the whole "too sticky to work with" dilemma. I did add just a tad more vanilla and flour. Great tasting cookie. They are great plain, or with frosting and sprinkles for Christmas! Thanks for the recipe!!!!

This recipe was not a great for cut out cookies, the dough was too soft. As a drop cookie is was really great.