I think we've already established that I'm not very good at keeping secrets.
Silly me. My rule to never tell which recipe I use for sugar cookies was doomed from the beginning. One reason I kept it hush-hush, is because I have a small Etsy-based business from which I sell artfully decorated sugar cookies. I have recently come to the realization, that people are not paying me for the cookie portion, but for the aforementioned decoration. I recently shared this recipe with a reader, and it made me very happy to do so.
The recipe itself is not a secret. Some of you may be using it already. If so, then you already know how this dough bakes up to be so very buttery and delicious. There are other recipes that are considered better for professional decorating, (ie. flatter surface) but the taste is unsurpassed. I don't mind working around a minor imperfection for such delicious results.
Tips and Tricks:
- This dough should be kneaded a little after chilling. Incorporating just a bit more flour into the dough helps the cookies hold their cut shape. You still want your snowflake to look like a snowflake, and not bake into a blob. This will help.
- Cut the dough in two after chilling. Work with one portion and leave the other portion in the refrigerator to stay cold. This will also help with the shape issue.
- The softened butter should still be just a little cool to the touch, and not completely room temperature. Warm, or room temperature butter will make your dough extremely sticky. It's a bit harder to work with.
- Bake on parchment paper. It makes life so much easier in the long-run. No sticking, easier clean up... it's something that I can't live without.
Christmas is just around the corner, and if you'd like to treat Santa to something extra special, then you may want to give this very simple, but very delicious recipe a try.
(This recipe yields about 4 to 5 dozen if using 3" or 4" cookie cutters.)
Note: Photography by Morgan Trinker. And, cookies by me... (of course)
heather@sprinklebakes.com
24 comments:
Thanks for sharing!! Your cookies are beautifully decorated!!
Wow! Your cookies are gorgeous! Also, that hot chocolate on a stick is sooo awesome! I am totally making that for my kiddos class!!!
Thanks for the recipe!!! I love decorated sugar cookies, one of my favorites to eat year round. I found your blog through Munchkin' Munchies, and it's wonderful!!
how many cookies will this make about? can't wait to try it!
I love your cookies; they're adorable! Love the sparkle of the stars! :)
Hi Heather
Loved your cookies and your wonderful skill in giving such good visual appeal to them
Thank you everyone for such sweet comments!
To the person asking about the quantity - this recipe yields about 4 to 5 dozen if using 3" or 4" cookie cutters.
Those star sugar cookies are so beautiful, thank you for sharing your recipe. I have the same trouble, mostly it comes from my mother, who believes everything is a "secret family recipe". I'm not necessarily from the same school of thought as her, I think recipes are meant to be shared, ideas exchanged. So, thanks again! I'll have to try these out!
i will definitly try this. i dont have a very good sugar cookie recipe so i was google searching for one and came across your site. and i didnt want one with sour cream or milk (makes them too puffy and light) and yours doesnt have either of those ingredients so i think i'll really like this
How do you make your icing. and btw your cookies are way beautiful.
What do you use as the decorations?
I love sugar, I think this cookies will be so wonderful to have it at home because it contains sugar that is an ingredient that it could leave behind in our recipes, it makes it a special and powerful recipe.
Thank you for this recipe! I stumbled across your blog earlier and have fallen in love with it. I recently finished making sugar cookies for a birthday that turned out subpar...my biggest difficulty was with the frosting. Can you point me in the direction of a good recipe? Thank you for your awesome blog!
Delicious thanks a lot, I cook cookies like this always in special days like christmas and nights with fireworks and stuff like that, but just those days because I have to work, thanks for the post.
Thanks for sharing! How long will these keep?
Thank you, I am so excited to try these out with some Halloween decor. I found that the dough became very sticky when I started to roll it. Do you think that means I should use a little more flour to roll it with?
A coworker made these cookies for a fundraising event at work and after one bite I was hooked and asked for the recipe. These are by far the best sugar cookies I've ever tasted! Thanks for sharing!
Julie
I'm looking everywhere to find the quantity of butter to use. Maybe it's late and that's why I can't find it?
It's a the top of the recipe card: 3 sticks of unsalted butter, softened.
Sometimes the recipe card isn't viewable on certain devices. I really need to remove the card sand place the text in the post. Thank you!
Thank you so much, I thought I'd seen it because that's how much I'd set out. Looking forward to the raves from another one of your fabulous recipes. I think I'm doing the berry tart as well, it will be a Sprinkle Bakes kind of day--Happy Thanksgiving!!
Results are in...BEST EVER SUGAR COOKIE! Thank you for sharing!!
My dough did nor turn out as stiff as expected, any ideas?? Thanks! Love your blog!
It's hard to say what happened. You could add flour a little at a time until a firmer consistency is acheived, about 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup. Refrigerating the dough will help too. Thanks for trying the recipe!
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