These frosted soft sugar cookies are wonderfully chewy and melt in your mouth delicious. Easy and simple to make, you will adore this classic sugar cookie recipe.
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Get ready for the best sugar cookie recipe you have ever tried!
This is my go to sugar cookie and I have been making it for years! Perfectly sweet, soft and chewy, they are always a crowd pleaser!
They are delicious by themselves, but I love finishing them with some frosting and sprinkles for a real treat!
Be sure to check out my Loaded Chocolate Chip Giant Cookies, Shortbread Cookies, and Best No Bake Cookies.
Why you will love these soft sugar cookies
- Easy: Simple to make with pantry staple ingredients.
- Quick: These cookies are quick to make and only require 10 minutes of baking time. Perfect if you need a sweet fix in a hurry!
- Soft: I adore soft cookies and these come out perfectly every single time, I know you are going to love them!
How to make soft sugar cookies
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- Combine: Whisk together the dry ingredients. Cream the butter and sugars together and add the wet ingredients. Slowly add in the dry ingredients to form a dough.
- Make: Roll the dough into balls and roll in sugar. Place on a baking sheet.
- Bake: Bake in a pre heated oven until golden.
How long do they keep?
Store the cookies in an airtight container. They will keep at room temperature for 2 days and in the fridge for up to 5.
You can also freeze the cookies if they haven’t been frosted. Freeze them on a baking sheet and once solid transfer them to a freezer bag or container. Thaw them at room temperature.
How do you know when the cookies are baked?
These cookies take around 8 to 10 minutes to bake, so be sure to keep your eye on them. They are ready to come out of the oven when they start to turn golden brown at the edges. The middle of the cookies will look soft with some cracks.
Brown sugar cookies
Brown sugar does wonderful things to cookies! The molasses in the sugar helps these cookies to get chewy and the acid in it helps them to get nice and puffy. It has more moisture and a richer flavor than white.
Recipe Notes and Tips
- If you are frosting the cookies, let them cool completely first or it will slide right off.
- These cookies bake quickly, so be sure to keep your eye on them.
- Cook the cookies in a pre heated oven so that they cook evenly.
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Soft Sugar Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour 270 grams
- 1 teaspoon baking soda 6 grams
- ½ teaspoon baking powder 2 grams
- ¾ cup salted butter 170 grams, room temperature (1½ sticks)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar 150 grams, divided
- ½ cup brown sugar 107 grams
- 1 large egg 50 grams, room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 4 grams
- Pre-prepared frosting optional
- Sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, and baking powder together in a bowl. Set aside.2¼ cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Using a hand mixer, cream the butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar together on medium speed until light and fluffy.¾ cup salted butter, ¾ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup brown sugar
- Add the egg, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Mix until well incorporated.1 large egg, ¼ teaspoon lemon zest, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Continue to mix as you slowly add the dry ingredients until a dough forms. The dough should be thick but not sticky.
- Add about ¼ cup of granulated sugar to a shallow bowl.
- Scoop up the dough and roll the cookie dough into 2-inch balls.
- Lightly roll each ball of dough in the ¼ cup granulated sugar and place onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the cookies just start to turn golden brown at the edges. The center of each cookie will look soft with cracks formed on the top.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- When cooled, frost cookie and add on sprinkles, optional.Pre-prepared frosting, Sprinkles
Becky’s Tips
- If you are frosting the cookies, let them cool completely first or it will slide right off.
- These cookies bake quickly, so be sure to keep your eye on them.
- Cook the cookies in a pre heated oven so that they cook evenly.
- Nutritional information does not include optional ingredients.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This website was designed for bakers and cooks of all skill levels, and there are a lot of “how to” guides. We also have a website dedicated to baking. It’s called Easy Dessert Recipes!
hi Michell when they say cream butter and sugars till light and fluffy it takes 3 till 5 minutes beating to have no graining sugar in mixture and the fluffiness for recipe something I learned later baking why recipes I made did not turn out as good product when they would of been better
These were so easy to make and so fun I would recommend them to all of my friends I added chocolate chips in it and a cup of milk too. MAKE THEM SO SO SO SO GOOD
Looks amazing, Noah!
These were so good! I topped with homemade buttercream!
YUM! That sounds delicious!
ok I might do that that sounds good