Ann's Soft Sugar Cookies

Submitted by Some1sGrandma

"When I was 18 my friend Ann's parents owned a cafe in our small town (Uniontown, WA). One day she brought over the best sugar cookies I have ever tasted! I had to have the recipe..."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 2-3 dozen cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

directions

1. Mix together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and almond extract in a large bowl.
2. In another bowl stir together flour, soda, and cream of tartar.
3. Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet ingredients.
4. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
5. Preheat oven to 375.
6. Divide dough in half.
7. On a lightly floured surface roll each half to 3/16 of an inch.
8. Cut out shapes as desired and sprinkle with sugar.
9. Bake on cookie sheets for about 8 minutes.

Reviews

[JessieGirl]

IMO - these cookies have perfect sugar cookie flavor, not too sweet and not too plain. They are light vs. being dense. I always undercook my cookies, since I always seem to burn them LOL! I baked them for about 6.5 minutes. PERFECT golden brown bottoms :) Thanks for posting this recipe!!! :)

 

[shana_in_lieu]

I made these twice now and they are a hit but not as soft as I would like them to be.

 

[patrixi]

These are the best sugar cookies EVER!! This is a Betty Crocker recipe from a cookbook printed in the 60's or 70's. It's the book I grew up with. A great frosting for these cookies is from the same book. The recipe follows: 1/3 cup soft butter 3 cups confectioners sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 2-3 Tbsp milk Cream butter and sugar with liquids. It dries thick like a cake frosting, but it goes well with this cookie!! Enjoy

 

[VelcrowMistress]

Turned out great. They did crumble easily, but they were deliciously buttery

 

[phil413fly]

Fantastic! They don't have the funny taste that some sugar cookies and snickerdoodles do.