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The plain-jane design sure doesn’t catch your eyes until you take a bite out of them. Sugar cookies are well-loved cookies that are sweeter than the average cookies. The cookies are favoured and are often consumed for various occasions, such as birthday parties. Come and try to make soft homemade sugar cookies with this easy recipe.
Soft Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients
FOR COOKIES
- 3 ½ cups (410 g)
All-purpose flour - 1 ½ tsp
Baking soda - ¼ tsp
Salt - 1 cup
Unsalted butter, softened - ¾ cups (150 g)
Granulated sugar - 1 tsp
Egg - ½ cup (115 g)
Sour cream - 1
vanilla extract
FOR FROSTING
- ½ cup
Unsalted butter, softened - 2 cups (320 g)
Powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt to combine.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the egg and mix until fully incorporated. Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix until creamy. Add the flour mixture, a third at a time, until fully combined.
- Lightly flour a work surface and turn out the dough. Press the dough together into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
- Preheat the oven to 150˚C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove the plastic wrap from the dough and lightly flour a work surface. Roll out the dough to about ½-inch thick. Cut out circles using a glass or cookie cutter.
- Transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheet, leaving about 1 inch in between cookies. Bake for 8 minutes, until the cookie bottoms are golden brown and the tops are pale. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
- Make the frosting: In a large bowl, beat the butter with an electric hand mixer until fluffy. Sift in the powdered sugar and mix until incorporated. Add the milk and continue to beat until the frosting is smooth and velvety. Add food colouring, if desired.
- Frost the cooled cookies and decorate as you wish. Enjoy!
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