Classic Betty Crocker Sugar Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients: Cookies
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter, softened Save $
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 egg
2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Frosting
3 cups powdered sugar
3 - 5 Tbsp Milk
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Food colors, if desired
Colored sugar or candy sprinkles, if desired
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Directions:In large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the softened butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, the almond extract and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Divide dough in half; shape dough into 2 disks, and wrap in plastic wrap. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Heat oven to 375°F.
Roll each disk on lightly floured surface until 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 2- to 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters into desired shapes. On ungreased cookie sheets, place cutouts at least 2 inches apart.
Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely.
In medium bowl, beat 3 cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla with spoon until smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too stiff to spread, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Tint with food color. Spread frosting on cooled cookies. Decorate as desired with colored sugar or candy sprinkles. Let stand about 4 hours or until frosting is set. Store covered in airtight container at room temperature with waxed paper between layers. |
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Servings:4 dozen |
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Time:60 minutes |
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Notes: Choose your cookie sheets wisely—look for shiny aluminum sheets with no sides that allow air circulation for cookies to bake evenly. Dark sheets absorb more heat, making it hard to control browning. Insulated cookie sheets slow down baking, providing control but also requiring longer bake times.
If you don’t have cooling racks, you can transfer the warm cookies to a chilled cookie sheet lined with clean kitchen towels, or use a cooled wooden cutting board—anything to cool the cookies down quickly.
If you don’t have cooling racks, you can transfer the warm cookies to a chilled cookie sheet lined with clean kitchen towels, or use a cooled wooden cutting board—anything to cool the cookies down quickly.
As you bake, be sure to allow cookie sheets to cool before you place fresh cutouts on them for the oven.
You can prevent cookie dough from sticking to the cookie cutter by dipping the cutter in flour between uses.
Cookie sheets should be at least 2 inches smaller than the inside of your oven, so the heat can circulate completely around them. Be sure to arrange the oven racks, before you preheat the oven, so that you can bake in the center of the oven. We recommend baking one cookie sheet at a time.
As an alternative to decorating with frosting, sprinkle cutouts with granulated or colored sugars before baking.
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