How to Bake Sugar Cookies

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Step 1 of 14

Assemble your ingredients.

Step 2 of 14

Combine the sugar and softened butter.

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Thoroughly, thoroughly, thoroughly cream together your butter and sugar. The better it's mixed the better the end result will be.

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Mix in the vanilla.

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Mix in the eggs.

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Your end result should be light, fluffy, and creamy.

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Assemble your dry ingredients and sift in to the liquid ingredients one cup at a time. Mixing together thoroughly in between each cup added.

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The dough should resemble this.

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Chill the dough for at least an hour.

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Preheat the oven to 400°f/200°c.

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Flour the working area and start rolling out the chilled cookie dough.

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Roll the dough out to 1/4" inch thick and cut out shapes using your desired cookie cutter.

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Decorate the cookies using desired sugars and sprinkles. Baked for 8-10 minutes. The cookies should have a light golden color.

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Simple and beautiful.

You're Done!

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Jordan Monkman

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@leanna yea, cuz if u pit it on after, it will have nothing to stick to, but if you put it on before, it bakes into them

Maxine Sparrow✌ 6 months ago

I love it jordi

Wolfgang Schuster 6 months ago

Ymi ymi its look good 😋🍰

Noura Kuwait 6 months ago

Is there any specific reason you put sugar on the cookies before baking as opposed to after?

Leanna Christine 6 months ago

1 ½ Cups Butter, softened (cannot stress that enough!!!)

2 Cups White sugar

4 Eggs

1 Teaspoon Vanilla

5 Cups Flour

2 Teaspoons Baking powder

1 Teaspoon Salt

Cookie sheets

Rolling pin

Assorted cookie cutters

Assorted sprinkles for decorating

Parchment paper

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