Cutout Sugar Cookie
No chilling needed for these cookies!
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 165kcal
Ingredients
- 225 g unsalted butter*
- 175 g powdered sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 tbsp extract or emulsion**
- 425 g all-purpose flour
- 6 g salt
- 5 g baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F/205C.
- Cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add the egg and extract/emulsion.
- Add in the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, and salt).
- Mix everything until the dough comes together. Let the dough rest for about 5 minutes.
- Roll out the dough and cut cookies into desired shapes.
- Bake for ~8 minutes, be careful not to brown.
Notes
*Butter
- Temperature should still be cold and butter should be firm to prevent excess spreading of the cookies in the oven.
- If subbing for salted butter, omit salt in later step.
- Please see post for different flavoring options.
- If using a convection oven, heat oven to 375F/190C and bake for ~7 minutes.
- I have successfully been able to multiply this recipe as noted here:
- Kitchen Aid 5-Quart: X2
- Kitchen Aid 6-Quart: X3
- Bosch Universal Plus: X4
- Cookies are best within 3 days if left un-iced.
- If iced and heat sealed, cookies will stay soft from 1-2 weeks.
- Un-Iced or Iced cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months.