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December 11, 2017 By Jill Christine Lodato 6 Comments

Best Sugar Cookie Recipe Ever!

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This is it! The best sugar cookie for decorating! Follow Jill’s favorite sugar cookie recipe and you will use it from now on!

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You Need:
1 Cup butter (softened)
1 Cup granulated or fine sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon pure almond extract
3 1/2 Cups Flour

Cream butter and sugar together until well beaten. Add the egg and extracts. Slowly add the flour until you get the consistency you want.

Refrigerate dough for at least 4 hours. When ready to cut out shapes, let dough thaw for 10 minutes. Roll dough on a floured surface. Cut shapes to 1/4 inch height.
Bake on baking pan lined with parchment paper.
Bake at preheated oven 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
Cool before decorating

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Best Sugar Cookie Recipe Ever!
This is it! The best sugar cookie for decorating! Follow Jill’s favorite sugar cookie recipe and you will use it from now on!
Creator/Designer: Jill Lodato
Cuisine: Dessert
Recipe type: Cookie
Will Serve: 20
Prep time:  10 mins
Cook time:  12 mins
Total time:  22 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup butter (softened)
  • 1 Cup granulated or fine sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
  • 3½ Cups Flour
How to Make
  1. Cream butter and sugar together until well beaten. Add the egg and extracts. Slowly add the flour until you get the consistency you want.
  2. Refrigerate dough for at least 4 hours. When ready to cut out shapes, let dough thaw for 10 minutes. Roll dough on a floured surface. Cut shapes to ¼ inch height.
  3. Bake on baking pan lined with parchment paper.
  4. Bake at preheated oven 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
  5. Cool before decorating
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  1. Diane says

    September 30, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    This recipe is awesome! It is so easy to put together. I had everything I needed in my pantry. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jill Christine Lodato says

      October 1, 2018 at 6:22 am

      i am so glad you loved it. It is definitely my go-to recipe. Jill

      Reply

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