Easy Sugar Cookies

[jglass]

Easy Sugar Cookies

INGREDIENTS:
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:
1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2.In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3.Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

These sound good, can you sprinkle them w/ sugar before baking?

[jglass]

I just made a batch of these. Ten minutes at 375 was just right for wonderful soft sugar cookies. Jon really loved these.

[jglass]

These sound good, can you sprinkle them w/ sugar before baking?

lol I was gonna ask you the same thing.
The recipe never mentioned sprinkles. I ad some but wasnt sure so I didnt use them. The are divine cookies without them.

[cookie]

I Love easy cookie recipes thanks!! Cookie

[jglass]

Same here Cookie lol. I love a good cookie recipe.
Jon's brother used to give me cookie cookbooks every year for Christmas. He also always expected a nice big batch of cookies when we all have Christmas dinner at his Dads lol. One of Jons fav cookies are eggnog cookies. He loves those around the holidays.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

So Janie ya' think you're gonna get off that easy huh? I don't think so kiddo We need you to give us the recipe for these eggnog cookies now!!!! They sound different, and I have never heard of them before!

Oh Goodness The Holidays are such fun!!!!!

[jglass]

It is in one of those cookie cookbooks my brother in law got me.
Ill post it today.

[jglass]

Eggnog Cookies

2 1/4 cups flour (all purpose)
1t baking powder
1/2t ground cinnamon
1/2t ground nutmeg
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) salted butter, softened
1/2 cup eggnog
1t vanilla extract
2 large egg yolks
1T ground nutmeg

Yields about 3 dozen cookies


Preheat oven to 350
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well with a wire wisk and set aside.
In a large bowl cream sugar and butter with an electric mixer to form a grainy paste. Add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks and beat at medium speed

until smooth.
Add the flour mixture and beat at low speed just until combined. Do not overmix.
Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheets 1 inch apart. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg. Bake for 23 - 25 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Transfer to cool flat surface immediately with a spatula.

Recipe from Mrs. Fields Cookie Favorites cookbook.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

m-m-m these sound wonderful!!!! Thanks for sharing!