Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies

Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies. These buttery, vanilla scented, soft cookies demonstrate how utterly delicious the simple things can be.

Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies. So simple, so buttery, so delicious!

Originally published December 2009.

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Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies

Yield: 24 large cookies.

Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies - These buttery, vanilla scented, Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies demonstrate how utterly delicious the simple things can be.

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Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies
• 1 tsp finely minced lemon, lime or orange zest (if making a citrus version)

Instructions

1. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
2. Cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until quite light and fluffy.
3. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. (Add the citrus zest here if using it.)
4. Fold in the dry ingredients until a soft dough forms.
5. Refrigerate the dough for an hour or so, especially if you are working in a hot kitchen.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
7. Roll the dough into about 1 inch balls.Roll the balls into additional sugar before placing them on lightly greased, or preferably parchment paper lined baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. I like to press them down lightly with the flat bottom of a drinking glass.
8. Bake for 8-10 minutes just until the bottom edges begin to turn brown. These should still be quite light in color when baked.
9. Cool for just a few minutes the pan before transferring the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
10. These freeze very well for weeks in airtight containers.

Notes

Prep time includes an hour for chilling the dough.

Nutrition Information

Yield

24

Serving Size

1 cookie
Amount Per Serving Calories 180Total Fat 8gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 28mgSodium 171mgCarbohydrates 26gFiber 0gSugar 15gProtein 2g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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