Sugar Cookies

December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I have launched a full search for the perfect sugar cookie this holiday season. Typically, I make flatter, chewy sugar cookies and decorate the tops of them with colored sugar and holiday candies. These are one of my favorites because of all the butter and sugar but they also look beautiful with all the sugars however I’m hoping to make a sugar cookie this year that includes icing. I have considered the cookies that you roll out and cut with cookie cutters but I honestly don’t like that sometimes those cookies are hard, I’m a soft and chewy cookie person. This week I attempted the old fashioned cake-like sugar cookie and topped it with a white frosting.

I have bought these types of cookies at the grocery store before and was attempting to duplicate those. This recipes is a typical cookie recipe, its simple and straight forward with few steps. All you truly need is an electric mixer and a recipe to follow and anyone can make it.

Start the recipe by creaming the sugar and butter with an electric mixer.

 

Add the eggs and mix well after each. Mix in the vanilla.

Add the milk, alternating with the dry ingredients. Mix until all ingredients are well combined, being sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.

Chill the dough for up to an hour.

Once chilled, scoop onto a parchment lined baking sheet (parchment paper truly does save your cookie sheets and extend their life!).

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes until the cookies spring back quickly when you touch the top lightly with your finger.

Allow the cookies to cool completely and while you’re waiting, mix up the icing.

Simply mix together all the ingredients, adding the powdered sugar in slowly. Add enough milk until the frosting is the consistency you like.

Ice the cooled cookies using a pastry bag and round pastry tip. Sprinkle lightly with large white sugar.

While these cookies were good, they weren’t amazing. I felt the cookies themselves were too bland and needed something extra. Eric mentioned that he thought that were “too cakey” though I liked that quality about them; I think it pairs well with the frosting. I got no complaints about the frosting!

 

Here’s the recipe:

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Cake Sugar Cookies with Frosting
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Serves: 20
 

Ingredients
  • Cookies:
  • 1 stick of butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Frosting:
  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 2 cup powedered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1-2 tablespoons milk

Instructions
  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add the eggs one at a time mixing well after each.
  3. Add in the vanilla, baking powder and salt and mix well.
  4. Add the milk and flour alternating and mixing well.
  5. Chill for up to 1 hour.
  6. Spoon onto greased or lined baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes until just beginning to brown.
  7. Frosting:
  8. Cream butter and powdered sugar.
  9. Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
  10. Add 1-2 tablespoons of milk. Mix well until it has reached desired consistency.
  11. Top cooled cookies with frosting and clear sugar crystals.

 

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