Sugar Cookies - No Roll
Confident Levelled Recipe
3/18/20242 min read
Confident Levelled Recipe - Safely works with unpasteurized Ingredients such as eggs and flour!
These sugar cookies are so delicious & easy to make!
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 & 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
PROCESS:
Preheat your oven to 350° F and be sure to have the rack in the middle of the oven!
*I have the best result baking one tray at a time!*Add and mix the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. This could take you about 1-2 minutes.
Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract until homogeneous.
Finally, add the baking powder, salt and flour. Only mix until all well integrated.
To Bake:
Prepare your baking sheets with parchment paper and begin scooping your cookies!
*I love making big, thick cookies - so I use the 3 Tablespoon sized scoop!*Scoop a maximum of 6 cookies per baking sheet, all evenly spaced out.
Flatten the cookies with a flat surface to about 1 cm in thickness.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, - or better yet, to 180F of an internal temperature!
*To measure the internal temperature, you would require a food thermometer!
In my option, it has been one of my greatest baking investments!*
*To know if they are done, the cookies should NOT look wet/raw in the middle.
They should be uniform at the top and no longer glossy*Cool on baking sheets for at least 20 minutes to allow them to finish setting.
Notes:If you use a 3 Tablespoon cookie scoop, you will get about 16 cookies (depending on the flavor variation!)
If you use a 1 & 1/2 Tablespoon cookie scoop, you will get about 32 cookies (depending on the flavor variation!). Also note that the baking TIME will decrease to about 8 - 10 minutes! Internal temperature to check for is still 180F! The time it'll take to achieve said internal temperature will be quicker! So test it out!
FROSTING FLAVOR VARIATIONS:
Have your heart full of delicious wonder by adding a delicious frosting on the top of the cookie to change it's flavor! The frosting base I would use is an American Buttercream:
FROSTING INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon of extract
- Pinch of salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1-3 tablespoons whipping cream
+ Other optional toppings! - Make sure they are finely blended to be able to be spread or piped easily onto the cookies!!FROSTING PROCESS:
- Cream/Mix the butter until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes at least. Mix in your extract and salt.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, and beat until smooth.
- Add 1 tablespoon at a time of milk until frosting reaches your desired consistency.
+ Add your additional flavor options at the end!*Optional: Example of Other Flavors*
- Cookies & Cream : Extract of choice- vanilla, add very finely crushed cookies in your frosting along with some melted white chocolate.
- Churro: Extract of choice - vanilla, add 1-2 tablespoons of cinnamon to the frosting. Dip the frosted cookie into 1/2 cup of granulated sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon for an additional crunch!
- Chocolate: Extract of choice - vanilla, add 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa to the frosting. For a "wow" factor, melt and drizzle chocolate over the frosted cookies !!
Décor:A fun way to decorate anything really, is to add color with gel food coloring, drizzle, dried/chopped toppings, or sprinkles to the frosting - if desired of course!