Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

Big, fun sugar cookies!

Whip up the butter.

Add the sugar and mix.

Add the cream of tarter and mix.

Add the baking soda and mix.

Add the salt and mix.

Mix in the eggs and the vanilla extract.

Add one cup of flour at a time, until you have added 2 3/4 cups.

Flatten into a disk and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Once ready, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Roll out the cookie dough on a floured surface and cut out into desired shapes.

Spread out the cookies (more than I did) on pans lined with parchment paper, or pans covered with aluminum foil, sprayed with non-stick.

Bake on middle racks for 9 minutes (mine took about 11 minutes).

Sugar Cookies

Cooking Time:  11 minutes
Prep time: 1.5 hours
Total time: 1 hour, 41 minutes
Makes about 4.5 dozen cookies (mine: about 54 cookies)

Per Cookie:
Calories: 73 calories
Fat: 3 g
Sodium: 31 mg
Carbs: 10 g
Fiber: 0 g
Protein: 1 g

Ingredients:
2 3/4 cup (3 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions:
1. Whip up the butter in mixer until no clumps are seen.
2.  Add the sugar and mix.
3.  Add the cream of tarter, the baking soda, then the salt, and mix.
4.  Add the eggs and the vanilla extract to the dough and mix.
5.  Add one cup of flour and combine well.  Then, keep adding one cup of flour, until you get to 2 3/4 cups, mixing well after each addition.
6.  Flatten dough into a disk, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
7.  When ready, preheat oven to 350 degrees and cut each roll into cookies about 1/4 inch thick.  Spread cookies out on pans lined with parchment paper, or pans covered in aluminum foil, sprayed with non-stick spray.
8.  Place pans on middle racks of oven and bake for 9 minutes, checking often afterward (mine took about 11 minutes to fully bake).


** Adapted from McCormick's Vanilla Sugar Cookies recipe:  http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Dessert/Vanilla-Sugar-Cookies?utm_source=google-bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=sugar_cookies&utm_content=Sugar_Cookies_Phrase_recipelp&utm_campaign=bakingEG&k_clickid=4e1b9b0a-72bf-1d88-3b1f-000051c7bd07  **


Enjoy!