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The Best Sugar Cookies

May 14, 2015 by Kaylynn Zoe 5 Comments

Growing up, my mom made the BEST cookies. How can you go wrong with that much sugar? I have vivid memories of eating the dough, eating “naked” (unfrosted) cookies outside, and gorging on frosted cookies as long as they lasted. For some reason my mom only made these cookies around Halloween and Valentines. I’m really not sure why. But they are some of my fondest memories. Go figure – FOOD wins the memory contest ALWAYS. HA!

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So of COURSE when T requested a princess party (HERE for cakes, HERE for festivities), there HAD to be Princess cookies.

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I mentioned that I would eat these cookies plain – my sister and I still do that to this day. My mom also uses a butter cream for her cookies, and that is YUM as well. Lately, I’ve been on a royal icing kick. I’m a recent convert to the royal icing techniques and I find it easier to work with and I can add more details. Unlike butter cream (that shows EVERY little mark) royal icing is very forgiving and sets smooth. However, my personal favorite to sit and eat is definitely plain or butter cream frosting.

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To get the the “line” down the middle of the cookie, we did one half of the cookie, set the large white sprinkles, (doesn’t matter if you start with the top or bottom) and waited for it to dry. We filled in the rest of the cookie once the bottom was semi-set. Finally, when it was about 98% set, we added the colored crown jewels (with different colors of royal icing) at the top. It was lovely and quite the process. My lovely friend, Toinette, and I hung out at her house making cookies and snuggling her baby. I think we did 60+ cookies? Yikes. It was an almost-all-day adventure.

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It was a fun party and T loved it. I loved all the princess-ey details that went into it, and you can bet I was sneaking these sugar cookies throughout the entire party. They really are one (of my many) food weaknesses.

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Print
The Best Sugar Cookies
Prep Time
2 hrs
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 10 mins
 
Soft, chewy, delicious sugar cookies - just a classic!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2 dozen
Author: Kristen (my mom) and Mary Jesperson
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 c. butter softened
  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 TB vanilla
  • 2 TB milk or cream
  • 4 c. flour
  • 3 tsp powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. Add eggs and vanilla.
  3. Fluff.
  4. Add milk, flour, powder, salt.
  5. Chill for 1-2 hours.
  6. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes (DO NOT overbake!)

 

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Filed Under: Dessert, Recipes Tagged With: dessert, food, sugar cookies, yum

Comments

  1. Laura says

    May 19, 2015 at 9:54 AM

    Oooh! I’m a sucker for a good sugar cookie! Those crown cookies are super adorable! You did an awesome job! I would love to try out this recipe. I am always searching for a good sugar cookie recipe! Xoxo
    -Laura

    Reply
  2. Janel from NellieBellie says

    June 18, 2015 at 7:13 PM

    How darling are those! I’m always envious of people who can manage pretty sugar cookies.

    Reply

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