Best Ever Sugar Cookies

Best Ever Sugar Cookies

One of the most annoying things about Christmas cookie making is having excited children who are ready to decorate their beautifully cut out Christmas cookie designs, only to pull from the oven a solid sheet of cookie, or 2 dozen indistinguishable cookie blobs. I bet this has happened to even the most experienced baker. Your kids will decorate and eat the cookies regardless, but just a touch of the fun is gone. Here are the sugar cookie and royal icing recipes that we use at the bakery. It is a little expensive to make, and slightly time consuming, but that is the trick to getting the perfect sugar cookie.

Sugar Cookie Dough:

4 cups of room temperature butter

2 and 2/3 cups of sugar
4 eggs
1 Tbs plus 1 tsp vanilla
10 cups sifted flour

 Cream together the butter and sugar then beat in the eggs. Add the vanilla and sifted flour then mix until well combined. Allow to chill 3-4 hours or overnight. Roll out ¼ inch thick. This will seem too thick, but it will make for a sturdy yet soft cookie. Preheat oven to 350 and make 8-10 minutes or until barely browned. If your cookies look “done” when you take them out of the oven, they will be over-baked. Allow the cookies to cool in the pan while you make the royal icing. Royal icing is great for cookie decorating because it will smooth itself out on the cookie. This icing recipe can be made ahead of time and refrigerated until needed.

 Royal Icing:

2 large egg whites
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
3 cups powdered sugar

Beat egg whites and lemon juice until well combined. Add sifted powdered sugar and beat on low until combined and smooth. When you lift the beater, a ribbon of icing should fall back to the bowl and then stay of the surface a few seconds before disappearing. The icing can be colored using food coloring. It can be spread or piped on to the cookies.

These are the best sugar cookies ever, try them and see! They go so fast at the bakery that the only two remaining for the picture was this simple couple. 

 

If you don’t like to bake or never have any time, swing by the bakery. We will gladly save you the time and effort……