Sugar Cookies are an easy and simple to make for giveaways or special celebrations.
Course Dessert, Snack
Keyword cookies, sugar cookies
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Ingredients
170g (3/4 cup)Unsalted Butter
135g (3/4 cup)Castor Sugar
1Egg
2tspVanilla Extract
290g (2 + 1/4 cup)All Purpose flour
1/2tspBaking Powder
1/4tspSalt
For Decorating with Royal Icing:
1Egg White
1 + 1/2cupIcing sugar
1tspLemon Juice
Instructions
Measure the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and whisk it. Keep aside.
Beat Butter till creamy for a minute.
Add in Sugar and beat till fluffy for 3-4 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
Add in Egg and vanilla extract. beat it for 2 minutes.
Now mix the dry ingredients. Dough is ready and it will be slightly sticky.
Roll the dough to 1/3" thick between two parchment paper and refrigerate it for atleast 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 200 C and prepare cookie tray with parchment paper.
Using Cookie cutters, cut and place all the cookies in the tray.
Place it in the preheated oven and bake at 180 C for 12-15 minutes or until the sides are golden brown.
Leave it on the tray for 10 minutes and place it on the cooling rack til it comes to room temperature.
Once cooled, store it in air tight container. It will stay good in fridge for a week.
For Decorating Cookies:
Separate the egg Whites carefully without any yolk.
Add lemon juice and beat till mixed.
Add in sugar and mix slowly till smooth.
Consistency can vary according to your preference. Add 1 tsp of water if too thick or 1 tbsp icing sugar if too liquid.
Cover the icing with cling wrap or store in air tight container until use, because it hardens when exposed to air. It will stay good up to 2 days in fridge.