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BA’s Best Sugar Cookies
This easy recipe for perfect sugar cookies yields the cutouts of your dreams with a delicious canvas to decorate and are a worthy addition to your Christmas cookie plate.
👥 2 Servings🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Alison Roman📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●baking sheet
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Whisk ¾ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, ½ tsp. baking powder, and 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour in a small bowl to combine. Using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer on high speed, beat 1¼ cups (2½ sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces and 1 cup (200 g) sugar in a large bowl until well combined (butter does not need to be fluffy), about ⏱️ 3 minutes. Add 1 large egg, 1 large egg yolk, and 1 tsp. vanilla extract; beat just to combine. Reduce speed to low and gradually add dry ingredients; mix just to combine. Form sugar cookie dough into two ¾"-thick disks; cover each in plastic wrap. Chill at least ⏱️ 2 hours.
(375 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling3 cups¼ cups (2½ sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces1(200 g) sugar1 cuplarge egg1large egg yolk1. vanilla extract1 tsp
2
Place racks in lower and upper thirds of oven; preheat to 325°. Let 1 disk of dough sit at room temperature until softened slightly, about ⏱️ 5 minutes. Roll out on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper until about ¼" thick, dusting with flour as needed (if dough gets soft or sticky, chill on parchment until firm). Cut out shapes with floured cookie cutters; transfer cut-out sugar cookies to parchment-lined baking sheets.
3
Bake cookies, rotating baking sheets halfway through, until edges are golden, 12–⏱️ 16 minutes, depending on size. Transfer baked cookies to wire racks and let cool. Repeat with scraps and remaining dough.
4
Decorate cooled cookies as desired. Do ahead: Cookie dough can be made 1 month ahead; freeze instead of refrigerating. Cookies can be baked (left undecorated) 2 weeks ahead; wrap tightly and freeze. Editor’s note: This sugar cookie recipe was first printed in our December 2013 issue. This way to more of our best Christmas cookie recipes →
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