I have been adjust and tweaking this recipe over the years to finally bring you these PERFECT sugar cookies! Top with this cream cheese frosting for best results.
Difficulty: Level 1 (easy peasy)
Hands On Time: 30 min Chill Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 10 mins Total Time: 60 mins Servings: About 36 cookies
Usually I’m a strict chocolate dessert eater. I go for things like chocolate crepes or chocolate chip cookies.
But when it comes to sugar cookies…my chocolate dessert craving goes out the window! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE a perfect sugar cookie. There’s not a whole lot that can beat soft and fluffy sugar cookies. Especially when they’re topped with cream cheese frosting. Really, that’s the only kind of frosting to ever put on sugar cookies. I’m totally going to brag a little bit. These are hands down, no contest, the best sugar cookies I have ever made. I know I know, I made them. But still, they are the best. Most sugar cookies just don’t even compare. So please trust me on this and make yourself a batch. You won’t be able to stop eating them!
Just top with your favorite frosting, (which should totally be this perfect cream cheese frosting), and you have show stopping cookies right there. I can’t tell you how many of these I ate this weekend…
The Perfect Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups butter 3 sticks
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 tsp vanilla
- 3 ½ cups flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 batch of your favorite frosting or, this perfect cream cheese frosting
Instructions
- Step 1: In a stand mixer, combine the butter and both sugars.
- Step 2: Add the eggs and vanilla until just combined.
- Step 3: Add the baking powder, salt and flour, mix until combined.
- Step 4: Roll out dough on a baking mat or parchment paper the size of a cookie sheet until it is ¼ – ½ inch thick.
- Step 5: Using a cookie cutter, or glass, cut the sugar cookie dough, but leave the shapes in place. Remove the excess dough from around the cookie dough shapes.
- Step 6: Place this cookie sheet into the fridge for 15-30 minutes (this ensures the dough keeps its shape while cooking).
- Step 7: Preheat oven to 350.
- Step 8: Bake for 8-10 minutes (cookies will not be browned, but they are done!)
- Step 9: Let cool for 15 minutes and frost with delicious frosting.
This sugar cookie looks delish!
Thanks so much!
WOw these look super delicious!!
Thank you Hayli!
Ok, I’d totally eat the whole batch. These look fabulous!
I would too! Thank you 🙂
Christmas is all about baking cookies and these sugar cookies look beyond perfect!
Sugar cookies are the death of me. I love eating them but am terrible at making them. They always turn out so dry! But this recipe looks moist and delicious!
Oh no! Well definitely try out this recipe, and please let me know if they turn out dry! Also, make sure you don’t over bake them 🙂 they may not look done when you take them out but they usually are!
These look east AND delicious! The perfect combo 🙂
Thanks Esther! Easy and delicious is the best combo 🙂
I’ve never put cream of tartar in my sugar cookies before! May be worth a try 😀 Sugar cookies are my favourite of Christmas baking!
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Definitely try it out! I’ve never made sugar cookies any other way 🙂
Wow…yum…and yes please. I LOVE really good sugar cookies.
hmmm, looks really yummy, would give it a trial
Great! Thanks Nelo!
These sound so good and so easy!
Thanks Heather! They are so easy 🙂
Ok, these look fabulous!! I’m always on the hunt for new sugar cookie recipes, so I will have to get this one a try! Thank you for sharing.
Oh great! You can’t go wrong with sugar cookies 🙂 Thanks Abby!
How delicious are these!!! I’ll take one baker’s dozen to go please!
How I wish sugar cookies would stay good enough to send some over to you 😉 Thanks Allie!
I imagine these would be very popular at parties! 🙂
Very popular for sure! They always seem to disappear.
Lord help me, these looks amazing!
Lol thank you Rachel! They aren’t too bad 😉
You can’t beat a sugar cookie this time of year. Which reminds me, I need to get busy baking!
For sure! Sugar cookies are a must! 🙂
I’m a huge fan of Sugar Cookies, and this one is just so gorgeous. Love the gold flake look.
Thank you! The gold flakes are so fun.
Thank you, I needed a good cookie recipe. :))
Ooo awesome! Thanks!
Gotta love a classic sugar cookie. Especially if you use quality butter, since that’s most of the flavor.
For sure, nothing is better than all that butter and sugar mixed together!
I love a good sugar cookie and these look delicious! Thank you for sharing, I will be adding this to my baking list.
Awesome! Thank you so much Kara!
Hi, These look awesome 🙂
I have to make some royal iced sugar cookies for a wedding, would these cookies be suitable for royal icing and how long can they keep for?
The cookies will be packaged individually in cellophane bags, should i store them in the fridge and how far ahead do you recommend i bake them, taking into consideration the drying time royal icing requires.
Thanks
Hi there! I have never used royal icing, but I’m sure these cookies would be just fine. I would think they would last up to 5 days in the fridge. But they would slowly dry out each day. I would do a trial batch with royal icing to make sure they work well. Let me know if you have any more questions!