Favorite sugar cookie recipe? - Page 2

[nia82]

I use different variations of sugar cookie recipes from German cookbooks and they always work. Lazy me makes the dough the night before - that way I can melt the butter completely for easy quick mixing, and then I cool it overnight.

500g Flour

250g Sugar

pack vanilla sugar or 1 tbsp. vanilla extract

300g butter

2 eggs

Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 10 minutes. Decorate away. Yes they are sugary but hey it's Christmas. I also like to sometimes use 250g flour and 250g almond flour to give it almond taste. To glaze them I just mix lemon juice with confectioner's sugar. They also go great with white chocolate on top. And if you are into spices, adding cinnamon, allspice and other christmasy spices give them a special kick; as well as adding some lemon zest.

[lanamommyphd07]

Originally Posted by nia82 

I use different variations of sugar cookie recipes from German cookbooks and they always work. Lazy me makes the dough the night before - that way I can melt the butter completely for easy quick mixing, and then I cool it overnight.

500g Flour

250g Sugar

pack vanilla sugar or 1 tbsp. vanilla extract

300g butter

2 eggs

Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 10 minutes. Decorate away. Yes they are sugary but hey it's Christmas. I also like to sometimes use 250g flour and 250g almond flour to give it almond taste. To glaze them I just mix lemon juice with confectioner's sugar. They also go great with white chocolate on top. And if you are into spices, adding cinnamon, allspice and other christmasy spices give them a special kick; as well as adding some lemon zest.

This looks like the one our family uses. When the dough gets stuck in the cheapo plastic cutters or the super-tiny ones, a good drop on the table from up-high (this can be quite fun) will usually dislodge it. But a little flour in the cutter helps too.