Recipe #25: Sugar Cookie

This is my go to recipe for making sugar cookies. It does not require refrigerating and perfectly keeps shape. 

INGREDIENTS 

Butter - 1/2 cup (or 2sticks - butter should be soft -not necessarily melted) 

Sugar - 1 cup

Egg - 1

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

All purpose flour - 3 cups

Baking Powder- 1 tsp

METHOD

- First beat together butter and sugar 

- Once this mixture is creamy, break an egg into the mixture and add the vanilla extract. 

- Mix well and add flour and baking powder. 

Note 1: For this recipe you don’t have to refrigerate dough before baking (some recipes do require cooling step to keep the shape) 

Note 2: The consistency of the dough has to be slightly crumbly. When you handle the dough more the butter will melt more and be less crumbly. 

Note 3: You can add more butter or flour to adjust the texture, but I have never had to. 

Note 4: You can split the dough into parts and add food color to make colorful versions. 

- Roll out into a thick layer (1/4 inch) and cut into any shape using a cookie cutter. 

- Bake at 350 for 10 mins. Smaller cookies take less time and larger ones take a bit longer (15mins). 

- The bottom of the cookie should brown ever so lightly.