The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies Recipe
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The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

By: Jill Saunders 
"Whenever you make these cookies for someone, be sure to bring along several copies of the recipe! You will be asked for it, I promise!!! NOTE: I make icing with confectioners' sugar and milk. I make it fairly thin, as I 'paint' the icing on the cookies with a pastry brush. Thin enough to spread easily but not so thin that it just makes your cookies wet and runs off."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (5,063)

Prep Time:
20 Min
Cook Time:
8 Min
Ready In:
3 Hrs

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Original Recipe Yield 5 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 109 | Total Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 26mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 0 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 13, 2003 by KELLY GIORDANO   view full review
I haven't tried this recipe yet, but I have a tip for MAKING CUTOUT COOKIES EASILY: I put a...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2006 by SMDAILEY   view full review
This recipe is excellent for its purpose of rolling and cutting cookies...i tried another...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2006 by amsuka   view full review
This recipe is WONDERFUL. Make sure you: chill at least 1 hour to firm up the dough. Knead the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 26, 2003 by DGLONG   view full review
I must add my voice to the hundreds before me. These cookies are a miracle! While I like to...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 28, 2007 by RLB1530   view full review
WOW...these are great sugar cookies. Exactly what I was looking for. I made them for my...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 6, 2003 by LEBELLEMELANGE   view full review
I made these for my boyfriend on our anniversary. WOW! These were it. As an aspiring pastry...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2003 by NANCYBWEST   view full review
Delicious! I tried this method I learned from a different sugar cookie recipe. You make...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 3, 2003 by CRYSTALJP   view full review
These ARE the best! I didn't change the recipe at all, and I don't see the need to. I didn't...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 1, 2003 by Angela   view full review
I thought this were the best sugar cookies I have ever eaten. I had no problems with the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 16, 2003 by CHRISAKINS   view full review
Came out just as I hoped - the closest recipe to my grandma's I've found yet. Since some of...

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