Basic easy sugar cookie recipeThis recipe is for great home baked American style sugar cookies using European style measures and for small quantities. It makes about 18 to 24 cookies – depends upon how you thin you roll it out and the size of your cookie cutter. If you want to make more, just double all the quantities.
Have you read our introduction to baking sugar cookies from the previous page? If you are a newcomer to baking go there first then follow the link back here. IngredientsUnsalted butter (softened out of the fridge for two or more hours) –100 gmCaster sugar – 100 gm Salt 1 ¼ ml 1 egg (large) Plain flour – 200 gm plus a bit (see method) plus extra for rolling) Baking powder – 2 ½ ml Vanilla or almond flavouring – 10 ml ToolsElectric mixerSpatula Two non-stick heavyweight baking sheets Rolling pin Cookie cutter to suit (8 cm diameter) The MethodHeat the oven to 180 degrees C (fan assisted oven) or 200 degrees C (normal oven), Gas Mk 4 (hot oven).Put the butter and sugar in an electric mixer. Beat on a fast setting until light and fluffy. Add the salt and flavouring then add the egg. Add half the flour and the baking powder. Add the remaining flour slowly. Stop adding flour when the mixture gets heavy and can just lift off the mixing bowl without sticking. Pull the dough together into a ball, put it into the refrigerator for an hour. If you have not got time, you can skip this step. Roll out the dough to 1 cm thickness, cut the individual cookies, place on baking sheets with at least 1 ½ cm separation. Sprinkle with caster sugar. Place in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until a delicate golden brown. Leave the cookies to cool on the baking trays for about 10 minutes. Then remove and place on a wire rack to finish cooling.
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Good cookies should be lightly browned by the cooking process, sweet from the sugar in them and used for decoration, and crisp to the bite but not dry. They are just right when they break into two pieces with a gentle snap and a small shower of crumbs if stressed along their middle.
