Soft Sugar Cookies (Cutouts)

Last updated: Monday September 29, 2025

Cookie Dough

Cream together:

1        -        Cup            Soft Butter

1        -        Cup            Sugar

Add and cream:

2                                    Eggs

1        -        TSP             Vanilla

Mix in:

3        -        Cups           Flour

2        ¼       Tsp             Baking Powder

½       -        Tsp             Salt

Mix in:

2        -        Tbs              Milk

  1. Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.
  2. Chill dough.
  3. Roll out into 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick sheet. Thicker is better.
  4. Cut into shapes.
  5. Bake at 375o until slightly brown. Do not burn.
  6. Cool and Frost.

Frosting

2        -        Cups           Powdered Sugar

2        -        Tbs              Melted Butter

3        -        Tbs             Whole Milk (more can be added if needed)

-        1/2     Tsp             Vanilla

-        -        -                  Food Coloring (as needed)

More milk may be added if frosting is too thick. Use a butter knife or spatula to spread frosting onto sugar cookies. Add decorative sprinkles while frosting is still wet.

Lara Black Recommends:

  1. Add 1/2 tsp almond extract to the cookie dough recipe.
  2. In the frosting recipe flavoring, change flavoing to 1/4 tsp vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp almond extract.
  3. If you want to dip the cookies instead of spreading frosting, add a bit more milk and make the frosting into a liquid frosting. Dip the cookies and place on parchmento to dry. Piping can be added later once the dip frosting has dried.

Background
This is the Christmas Cookie recipe that Laura, Heather, and Laura grew up with.

Temperature:  375°          
Time:              10-12 Minutes
Nancy and Theo Black