This the only sugar cookie recipe I will use now. Perfect and tasty!

These are my favorite sugar cookies. I have not decided on my favorite icing or frosting for them yet. I have tried the modifications mentioned in the other reviews and love them. These are nice big soft cookies and everyone I bake them for love them.

My cookies must have been mondo because I only got 30 from this recipe. I rolled them 1/2 inch thick and used a 3 1/2 inch heart cookie cutter. I used 2 tsp. mexican vanilla and 2 tsp. almond extract. I needed to cook them about 11 minutes or they were still doughy inside. They also spread a bit more than I thought they would so leave room between them when baking. They tasted GREAT! Not too sweet and with icing they were perfect. No sugar coma here. The dough was wonderful to work with. I used a floured pastry cloth to roll it out on and a rolling pin cover. I didn't have any problem with it sticking. I usually don't make roll out cookies because I haven't found a good dough that doesn't stick. This was the exception. I'll make these again. Hubby and kids loved them!!

AWESOME recipe!! Perfect cookies. I think I threw in a bit much almond extract but that was ok by me. I LOVED it. I read reviews saying these were very bland but mine were NOT!! LOVED these cookies!!

These are simply The Best!!! I read through the other reviews before making these and decided to add about 1/4 cup extra sugar, doubled the vanilla and added 3/4 tsp of almond extract, as another reviewer suggested. They turned out wonderful!!! We will be baking these for years to come on many holidays. Be careful not to overbake. Nothing over 10 minutes and 9 seemed more appropriate most of the time. Enjoy! And thanks so much for the recipe!

I'm going to give this five stars (really 4 1/2) although I did tweak the recipe just a bit. I noted the directions didn't tell you when to add the vanilla, but I added 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1 tsp. almond extract to the wet ingredients before mixing in the dry..I'm sure most of you know to do this, but I thought that might mislead a unexperienced baker. These are perfectly soft and cut-out extremely well. They hold their shape nicely. Next time I think I may try all almond or all lemon extract. I frosted these with standard homemade buttercream frostings - one made w/ lemon and the other rum. Yummy!

I am the hero of Christmas. I baked these last night. I followed the advice of other reviews and tweaked the cookie recipe with a bit of almond extract and a extra vanilla extract. Also, my oldest daughter tweaked the icing by using our standard butter cream recipe. The end result turned out great. Our whole family loves Cheryl's cut-outs. Our local Cheryl's Cookies gives out a cookie for each 'A' on a report card. Now my daughters don't need to get A's to enjoy the same cookies (uh, oh...).

For extra flavour and as I don't like Almonds, I added a bit of cinnamon and it really worked out very well.

These are just okay for us. They do make nice cutouts, no puffing ut of shape or anything, but for us they could be a little sweeter tasting.

I make a lot of cookies and was excited to try this recipe because of the reviews. On the bright side, they do hold their shape well and appear to be sturdy; two of the things I was looking for in a cut out cookie recipe. Unfortunately, even with the edition of the almond extract and some extra sugar, these cookies still seemed a bit bland to me. However, they do make very pretty cookies. I think they could be a bit more flavorful but others seem to really like them... I did not use the icing in the recipe and instead made one from the cake central site that worked fantastically. I posted a photo.

Makes alot of cookies that was why i first thought of making these.Made alot of soft sugar cookies.I needed to make a total of 200!So it worked out great!The taste was pretty good..That coming forma person that does not care for sugar cookies.Also next time i will add Almond Extract for extra flavor(I did not have any in the panty).Tomorrow i will ice them and get them ready for the Autumn Festival at school on thursday! Thanks for the easy great recipe :)

Awesome recipe! I was looking for the perfect cookies for my sister-in-law' babyshower, and I'm so glad I used these. I baked these in the shape of baby carriages and bottles, and then used the icing recipe called "Sugar Cookie Icing" from this site. I copied the colors and piping from the Cookies by Design website and they came out PERFECT!!! Now everyone in the family calls me Martha Stewart :). If baking for a more adult crowd and using icing, only use this recipe's amount of sugar otherwise I think they would be too sweet. If you don't plan on decorating, definitly add a little bit more.

I made this cookie for my sons valentine day party. Easy to make and roll out! Cookies came out perfect and tasted yummy too! Really didnt taste like the cookie by design but still good.

Sugar cookies are my favorite cookies to make and these are the only ones I will EVER make again! I always add extra almond extract and they are So big and delicious! I've made them so many times that people just expect them for every holiday! I don't use this icing recipe, instead I make it with corn syrup and different flavored extracts.... I let the iced cookies set overnight and the are so stackable and ship Very well. For Valentines day, I made pink icing with strawberry extract and red icing with raspberry extract. I always put them in cute printed cellophane treat bags and give them to everyone in my family and everyone at work. (and I always save a few for myself)

I only had time to make one xmas cookie recipe and my son wanted sugar cookies. I chose this recipe and made him do all the work - even separating the eggs. The first thing he said upon tasting the finished product was "Ugh - these are disgusting!". Yes - they are thick, but they are dry, bland and tasteless. My son and I prefer chewy, sweet cookies. These were niether. Even my husband, who prefers drier, less sweet cookies like shortbread, thought these were bad. He said they definitely need sugar - maybe something else too. I was looking for a cookie that tastes good on its own and doesn't need frosting. These were definitely not it. I would never make these again.

I used this recipe for halloween cut-outs, and they were great!! Really held up to decorating, and made nice thick, soft cookies! YUM!

I really had fun making these cookies. To the original ingredients, I added some almond extract and yellow food coloring. After chilling overnight, the dough was easy to roll and cut; I opted for a duckie cookie cutter to make thick cookies into which I inserted lollipop sticks prior to baking. Once cooled, I decorated with yellow royal icing and sanding sugar. I put each cookie-pop in individual treat bags, then tied with curling ribbon and stuck them in a basket using floral foam for anchorage. Added some decorative tissue paper and ribbons then presented this 'cookie bouquet' to my sister in honor of expecting her first child (and FINALLY making me an aunt!). Thanks so much for a tasty treat as well as a fun project!