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Sugar Cookies

Simple sugar cookies with lightly crisp edges.

Ingredients

Ingredients for42 cookies
IngredientAmount
Cookies
All-Purpose Flour360 g
Baking powder1 tsp
Baking soda0.25 tsp
Table salt0.75 tsp
Unsalted butter227 g
Granulated sugar248 g
Cream cheese57 g
Vanilla Extract1 tsp
Almond extract0.25 tsp
EggLarge.1 each
Coating
Sugar149 g

Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 190°C/375°F. Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Cream butter, main sugar and optional cream cheese until light.

  2. 2

    Beat in extracts and egg, then mix in the dry ingredients.

  3. 3

    Roll portions in the coating sugar, place on trays and flatten to roughly 6mm thick.

  4. 4

    Bake 10–12 minutes. Rest 5 minutes on the trays before moving to a rack.