Basic Butter Sugar Cookies
simple and easy cutout cookies
Servings: 18 large cookies
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks) - softened to room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 cups flour
- ½ tsp salt
- extra flour for rolling and cutting dough
METHOD
Cookie Dough
- Beat softened butter at medium-high speed until creamy.
- Gradually add in the sugar. Cream with butter at medium-high speed until mixture is pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
- Reduce speed, and slowly mix in the flour and salt until a stiff dough forms.
- Cover and chill the dough for at least 3 hours.
Cutting Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Fill a shallow dish with flour
- Work in small batches. Keep any dough not being used in refridgerator. on
- Lightly dust a sheet of parchment paper with flour. Roll or press the dough to about ¼ inch thickness.
- Next dip your cookie cutter into flour and press into to dough to cut out shape.
- Repeat process until parchment paper is full of cut out cookies.
- Decorate with sugar, nonpareils, or sprinkles.
- Bake until the cookie edges are light golden in color - about 16 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool completely on wire rack.