No Chill Sugar Cookies
These No Chill Sugar Cookies have no spread which makes them the BEST recipe for making cut-out Christmas cookies. They are soft and chewy with golden brown edges and can be made in just a few minutes time.Make these easy sugar cookies and then decorate them with my Cookie Icing that Hardens.
Servings: 20 cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cup Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 cup Butter room temperature
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Icing optional
- Decorative Sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- In another large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Scrape down bowl and add vanilla and egg. Beat until blended.
- Add flour and beat until fully incorporated.
- Mixture, when pressed together, should have the consistency of Playdoh. If necessary add water in very small increments.
- Form dough into a ball and place on parchment paper.
- Place another piece of parchment paper on top and roll to about 1/4" thickness.
- Remove top sheet of parchment paper and place on baking sheet.
- Use cookie cutter to cut out cookies and transfer to parchment line baking sheet.
- Gather trimmings and reroll to make more cookies.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until center of cookie looks puffed and bottom edge of cookie is just starting to show color.
- Remove and allow to cool.
- Ice and decorate as desired.
Notes
- Softened butter should be soft enough to leave an indent when a finger is pressed in. Don’t use unsoftened or too soft of butter.
- Be sure to whisk your flour and baking powder well, you want to two ingredients combined.
- If you are unable to use parchment paper, be sure to lighlty flour your work surface and rolling pin. Keep your hands damp with water. (see post above for the reasons why).
- Do not over handle the dough, it warms the dough and makes it less easy to work with.
- Do not over bake! Watch for your shine on the cookie to be gone and just slightest of browning at the edges. Your cookies will continue to bake more even after they have been removed from the oven.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before decorating.
- Add Cookies to a Christmas tin and gift them if you choose. Homemade cookies are great for gifting during the holidays.
- Use my Sugar Cookie Icing That Hardens for easy cookie decorating.
Nutrition
Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 119mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 296IU | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg