These easy sugar cookies are the best around! They are light and flavorful, crunchy, and perfect for icing!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
chilling time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 12large cookies
Author Lisa
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie
1cupsugar
1cupcold buttercut into pieces
1egg
¼teaspoonvanilla extractor any other extract you want!*
2 ½cupsall-purpose flour
¼teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonbaking powder
Chocolate Ganache
1cupchocolate chips
1teaspoonrefined coconut oil*
Simple Sugar Cookie Icing
1cuppowdered sugar
2tbsmilk
1teaspoonlight corn syrup
¼teaspoonvanilla extract*
Food coloringoptional
Instructions
How to make sugar cookies:
In a food processor, process sugar for 30-45 seconds to make superfine sugar (not powdered!)
Add in cold butter pieces and process for another 30-45 seconds. Until the butter and sugar are just combined.
Add in egg and vanilla extract. Process until just combined. You may need to scrape down the sides at least once.
Add in flour, baking soda and baking powder. Process until combined.
Divide dough in half. Take half of dough and place in-between two large pieces of parchment paper. Roll dough into a flat layer about an ⅛th inch think. Do the same with the other half. Refrigerate the flattened dough for at least 1.5 hours.
Cut out desired cookie shape* and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet*.
Bake for 20 minutes, on the second to lowest rack, at 300°F, or until edges just start to turn golden. Any scraps of dough leftover can be rerolled and refrigerated while the other cookies are baking. Try to use a cold baking sheet for every new batch.
Frost or eat plain! Both ways are delicious!
Ganache recipe:
Combine chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds, stir, and repeat until chocolate is fully melted.
How to make sugar cookie icing:
Combine powdered sugar and milk fully. The mixture will be stiff.
Stir in corn syrup and extract.
Add food coloring if desired.
Notes
*Vanilla is the typical extract of choice, but almond, lemon and orange extract are also great options! Try them sometime! *You can use unrefined coconut oil but I prefer not to taste the coconut so I use refined. *Depending on how cold the dough is, it might be hard to lift it off the parchment paper. If that’s the case just use scissors to cut parchment paper around the cookie and place cookie and parchment directly on baking sheet. *If you have a baking sheet without edges use it! It will allow the air to circulate better.Sugar Cookie Recipe Inspired by Cook’s Illustrated Better Holiday Sugar CookiesSugar Cookie Icing from Genius Kitchen