Basic Sugar Cookies
Simple, soft sugar cookies with a pinch of salt to balance the sweetness, chilled before baking and rolled in sugar for a lightly crackled top - skipping the chill is why sugar cookie dough spreads thin and loses its shape in the oven.
⏱ 35 min🍽 24 servings
dessertvegetarianbaking
Ingredients
- •1 cup butter, softened
- •1 cup sugar
- •1 egg
- •1 tsp vanilla extract
- •2 3/4 cups flour
- •1 tsp baking soda
- •1/4 tsp salt
- •1/4 cup sugar, for rolling
Steps
- 1.Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
- 2.Mix in the flour, baking soda, and salt until a soft dough forms.
- 3.Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes - chilling firms up the butter so the cookies hold their shape instead of spreading thin.
- 4.Preheat oven to 375°F.
- 5.Roll into balls, coat in sugar, flatten slightly, and bake for 8-10 minutes until just set.