Chewy Sugar Cookies
Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies. These buttery, vanilla scented, Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies demonstrate how utterly delicious the simple things can be.
sandwich cookies too, by using a little chocolate ganache as a filling which is quite delicious as well. This is yet another great freezer cookie idea for holiday baking!
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies
- 1 tsp finely minced lemon lime or orange zest (if making a citrus version)
Instructions
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until quite light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. (Add the citrus zest here if using it.)
- Fold in the dry ingredients until a soft dough forms.
- Refrigerate the dough for an hour or so, especially if you are working in a hot kitchen.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll the dough into about 1 inch balls.Roll the balls into additional sugar before placing them on lightly greased, or preferably parchment paper lined baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. I like to press them down lightly with the flat bottom of a drinking glass.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes just until the bottom edges begin to turn brown. These should still be quite light in color when baked.
- Cool for just a few minutes the pan before transferring the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- These freeze very well for weeks in airtight containers.
Recipe Notes
Prep time includes an hour for chilling the dough.
Recipe Source:rockrecipes.com
