Grandma's Cutout Sugar Cookies
Serves: 6
Shirley Senger
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
55
Spice
50
Sweetness
48
Sourness
38
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.5
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2 cups
Butter1.5 cups
White Sugar3
Eggs1 tsp
Vanilla Extract3.5 cups
All-Purpose Flour2 tsps
Cream Of Tartar1 tsp
Baking Soda1 tsp
SaltDirections:
1
Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth
2
Add first egg while continuing to beat, incorporating the egg fully before adding the second and beating fully into the mixture
3
Beat vanilla extract and almond extract into the mixture with the third egg
4
Stir flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to the wet mixture and beat just until the wet and dry combine into a cookie dough
5
Shape dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours
6
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
7
Roll dough out onto a flour-dusted surface and cut with cookie cutters
8
Arrange cut cookies onto baking sheets
9
Bake cookies in preheated oven until beginning to brown around edges, 6 to 8 minutes