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sugar cookie recipe

Course Dessert
Author Claudia Rinaldi

Ingredients

  • 4 oz butter 113 gr - ½ cup
  • 7 oz sugar 200 gr - 1 cup
  • 1 egg
  • 8 oz all purpose flour (but if you find 00 flour...) 227 gr - 1 + ¾ cups
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).

  2. Cut the butter in pieces and place it and the sugar in the mixer - dough hook on.

  3. Work until the butter softens, but not furtherly.

  4. Add all the other ingredients and mix for about 5 minutes.

  5. Work the dough with your hands. Check that all the ingredients are well mixed and form a ball. If the dough is too runny to form a ball - this happens when the butter has warmed up too much -, add flour, a little at a time until you get the desired consistency. The less flour you add, the softer the cookies.

  6. Wrap the dough in plastic and place it in the freezer for half an hour. Or in the fridge for an hour.

  7. Roll out the dough and cut out your cookies. Make sure you abundantly flour the working surface, the dough, the cookie cutters, and the rolling pin to avoid sticky disasters. But again, the less you use, the softer the cookies.

  8. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, until golden.