Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
10 min
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Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup (250 mL) white sugar
- 1 cup (250 mL) butter
- 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 2 ½ cups (625 mL) all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
- ½ tsp (2.5 mL) salt
Glaze Icing
- 1 ½ cups (375 mL) icing sugar
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) milk
- ⅛ tsp (0.5 mL) almond extract
- 3 drops food colouring (optional)
Instructions
Cookies
- Step 1
With electric mixture, beat sugar, butter and vanilla until mixture is creamy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add eggs beating after each egg; beat thoroughly.
- Step 2
In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Beat the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture.
- Step 3
Roll out cookie dough to 1/4″ (0.6 cm) onto a lightly floured board. For best results, do not roll cookie dough too thin. Use cookie cutters of your choice for a variety of different shapes and sizes. Place cookies on parchment lined cookie sheets.
- Step 4
Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10 minutes or until the underside of cookies turn golden brown.
Glaze Icing
- Step 1
Combine icing sugar with milk to reach desired spreading consistency. Stir in food colouring or leave icing white. Using a pastry brush, paint frosting over cooled cookies and decorate with coloured sugar, toasted coconut or slivered almonds, chocolate shavings or chocolate chips.
Tips
Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies, depending on size of cookie cutter.
Nutrition Facts
| Per serving | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 99 |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Sodium | 0 mg |