Video: How to Make Sugar Cookies

Try it without asking extract and without confectioners sugar.use normal sugar

What's the difference between this sugar cookies than the other one "http://allrecipes.com/video/624/the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies/detail.aspx?prop24=RD_VideoTipsTricks" ?

Sugar cookie recipe: Preheat oven to 375°. mixer bowl together 1 cup softened butter cups, 1 1/2 cup confectioner sugar, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, half a teaspoon of almond extract, and 1 egg until well mixed. in a second Mixing bowl, whisk together, 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar and quarter teaspoon of salt. Stir just to combine. Mix the two bowls together. Divide the dough in half. Cover an refrigerate for half an hour. On a floured surface Roll the dough to quarter-inch thickness, next dip cookie-cutter In to flour an cut into desired shapes. placed them on lightly greased or parchment lined baking sheet, separate them by about an inch. next sprinkle the shapes with granulated or colored sugar, then bake at 375° oven for 7 to 8 minutes until the edges are light brown. Remove the cookies from baking sheet and cool on wire rack. This recipe makes about 4 to 5 dozen cookies.

I've made this once at low altitude, and it came out perfectly. But when I made it at high altitude, the dough wasn't exactly friendly. So I am going to try it again with the suggestion below (using 2 1/2 cups of flower) to see if it doesn't yeild a more pliable cookie.

i tried them for the first time today, i did exactly like the video... except i found my dough fell apart after i took it out of the fridge, where did i go wrong?

I do not get a recipe with the link Where can I find this recipe in a printable format Thanks

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/classic-sugar-cookies-cookie-exchange-quantity/detail.aspx

is this the written recipe? (only the printed version is "doubled")

yes click the blue thing under the vido if you want the recipe of the vido

Why does this video not have the recipe link? Does anyone know where I can get the recipe?

I have made this recipe for about 25 years however I use 2 1/2 c. flour, 1/2 t. salt, and 1 t. of vanilla. Make sure all your ingredients are fresh including dry ones. I frost them with a homemade buttercream frosting that I divide and place in throwaway plastic bowls tinting each bowl of frosting a different color and then decorate. Last year I purchased a package of watercolor paint brushes to "paint" the frosting on the cookies. It was much easier and neater than using a knife to frost. You can even texture the frosting or make designs with it. (It was very cute when I used white frosting to texture the snowmen and brown frosting on teddy bear cookies.) I use a different brush for each color of frosting. When I am finished I simply wash the brushes in warm soapy water, rinse and air dry. I then can reuse the brushes from year to year. I wish I would have thought of using paint brushes years ago. They were so much prettier than in the past! I also set up a large table in my unheate