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Best Easy Sugar Cookies are so easy, kid friendly, and will impress even the fanciest cookie connoisseur. Fluffy, soft, and super flavorful, bake up a batch this weekend, and let your kids help — this is a cookie for the whole family! 

BEST Easy Sugar Cookies

butter (at room temperature)

sugar

salt

vanilla extract almond extract)

½ cups all purpose flour

cream cheese (softened)

(8 tablespoons) butter (softened)

almond extract (or vanilla extract)

milk (or as needed)

food coloring (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar.

Mix in salt, vanilla (and/or almond extract) and egg yolks until blended.

Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing after each, until just combined.

Divide dough in half and shape each half into a ball.

Place on top of a sheet of parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat and roll out to 1/4 inch thickness (slightly thinner for more cookies, slightly thicker for bakery-style cookies though this will yield fewer cookies).

Chill rolled dough for 15 minutes.

Cut into shapes with cookie cutters and place at least 1 inch apart on a baking sheet.

Bake in preheated oven for 8-9 minutes (for 1/4 inch thick cookies. for thicker cookies they&#x27;ll need an extra minute or so, for thinner cookies take them out by 8 minutes.) and allow to cool on baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

While the cookies are cooling, prepare the icing. In a large bowl cream together cream cheese and butter until smooth.

Add extract and salt and mix til smooth.

Add 1 cup powdered sugar, followed by 1 tablespoon milk, mix until incorporated, and repeat (1 cup powdered sugar + 1 tablespoon milk) until all of the powdered sugar is incorporated. Mix on high speed until light and fluffy, add additional milk 1 tablespoon at a time as needed to get a light and airy frosting. Add a couple drops of food coloring if desired.

Spread on cooled cookies and add sprinkles if desired. Store at room temperature or chilled in airtight container up to 1 week.

prepare the frosting/icing

With a super soft, cake-like texture, these cookies are bakery-level delicious. Top with creamy buttercream and decorate with festive sprinkles to customize to any holiday or occasion! Makes 18-24 thick sugar cookies.

The BEST Fluffy Sugar Cookies

unsalted butter, softened

vanilla extract

almond extract (You can replace this with equal parts vanilla extract)

sour cream

eggs

baking soda

all purpose flour

unsalted butter (softened)

almond extract

Preheat your oven to 350℉.

In a large bowl, cream together softened unsalted butter (½ cup, i.e., 1 stick), granulated sugar (½ cup), powdered sugar (½ cup), vanilla extract (1 teaspoon), and almond extract (½ teaspoon) for 1 minute.

Mix in sour cream (½ cup), eggs (2 large), and baking soda (1 teaspoon) and mix until combined.

One cup at a time, slowly add in the all-purpose flour (3 cups) and mix on low speed until flour is incorporated. Dough will be on the sticky side.

Form dough into a large ball and place on flour-covered surface. Knead dough for 1 minute until it forms a smooth, solid ball and is no longer sticky to the touch. You will likely need to sprinkle about 1 tablespoon flour on top to help it not be sticky. If dough is still too sticky, refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Using a rolling pin, roll dough between 3/8-1/2&quot; inch thick. Using a 2.5 inch diameter circle cookie cutter, cut out circles and place on a parchment-covered cookie sheet. If dough is sticking to your cookie cutter, dip the cookie cutter in flour between each cut.* See notes below for alternative to rolling pin.

Bake at 350℉ for 8-10 minutes, or until the center no longer looks wet and doughy. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Buttercream Frosting: In a large bowl, whip softened unsalted butter (1 cup, i.e., 2 sticks) on high speed for 1 minute until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract (2 teaspoons), almond extract (1 ½ teaspoons), and salt (¼ teaspoon). On low speed, begin adding in powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time (3 cups) until all is incorporated. Beat on high speed for 2-3 minutes until fluffy and creamy.Spread on top of cookies or place frosting in a large piping bag with a large round tip.

See notes for storing tips.

These cookies were so light and fluffy! I used gluten-free flour with just a little less than the recipe suggested and they turned out great! I also used Cognac butter with powdered sugar for the frosting and 👌 definitely a great recipe and will make more!

Delicious soft cookies! Love them! This is my go to recipe!
Thank you!

Nice and fluffy. My son said he would like less almond extract in the icing, but they were still delicious.

I like these!  Not too sweet.  I added a pinch of salt to the dough- but that’s just my preference.  I also halved the recipe because it’s only me eating them. Made about 15 good size cookies.  Sadly I will eat them all!   I made just enough frosting for these.   I also added some sesame seeds to the top of some to mimic an Italian cookie that I love.  This is a keeper.

I really loved these, the family enjoyed them as well! Only complaint is I felt like I wasted alot of product from the frosting, it was way to much for my cookies!  Can I save my frosting instead of tossing it?

Thee perfect sugar cookies for my diabetic family, an crazy suger bugs nieces an nephews 😁.. the only complaint I have is: way to much frosting left over, seems like I wasted allot 😔.. but I'll peftect it by next year 😁

These came out great! As some mentioned in the comments, they are not that sweet, but I actually think it's a perfect level of sweetness, especially when adding the buttercream frosting. This was my first time making buttercream frosting and I was really impressed with it! Delicious and fluffy, the bottoms were a bit brown because I cooked them for 10 minutes, but it didn't really affect the taste.

Amazing the most fluffy soft Christmas cookies I have ever made!!! I always try new recipes each year and this is such a hit!!!

Will be definitely make these for Christmas

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