Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe: Halloween Style

Halloween decorated sugar cookies on a cooling rackAfter my last cookie post, I had many of you email me for the sugar cookie recipe I use.

Since all of these requests came in after the cookies were made, I didn’t have a chance to take step-by-step pictures of the recipe…. but I promise, it is simple enough, so you really shouldn’t need that.

Here is what you need. Made 25 VERY large and thick cookies ( or 40-60 smaller cookies)

Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe

  • 5.5 cups of flour
  • 3 cups of sugar
  •  4 eggs
  • 1 lbs (4 sticks) of salted butter at room temp
  • 2 Tbsp flavoring… I have used lemon, vanilla or almond
  1. Combine butter and sugar and mix until creamy.
  2.  Add flavor & eggs and beat until fluffy
  3. Add flour on a low speed, slowly
  4. Put dough in refrigerator for a couple hours.
  5. I cut cookies very thick (a little less than 1/2 in) This makes super thick soft cookies… mmmm.
  6. As for baking, it depends on how thick and big your cookies are.
  7. For these large thick cookies, I cooked at 375 for 10-14 minutes.  (or until just set, do not wait for them to start browning)
  8. For smaller cookies, I have cooked the at 350 for 8-13 minutes. Sorry that there isn’t more specifics, but no cookie is alike : )
Halloween decorated sugar cookies on a cooling rack

Make sure to cut your cookies thick and insert the cookie sticks before you bake 🙂

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As for the frosting…. I use the basic royal frosting recipe. Here is one from Food Network.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/royal-icing-recipe/index.html

5 from 1 vote

Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe: Halloween Style

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 29 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • - 5.5 cups of flour
  • - 3 cups of sugar
  • - 4 eggs
  • - 1 lbs 4 sticks of salted butter at room temp
  • - 2 Tbsp flavoring... I have used lemon vanilla or almond. You pick your favorite.

Instructions

  • Combine butter and sugar and mix until creamy.
  • Add flavor & eggs and beat until fluffy
  • Add flour on a low speed, slowly
  • Put dough in refrigerator for a couple hours.
  • For thick large cookies bake at 375 for 10-14 mins (or until just set, do not wait for them to start browning)
  • For thin cookies, bake at 350 for 8-13 minutes.
  • As for the frosting.... I use the basic royal frosting recipe. Here is one from Food Network.
  • http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/royal-icing-recipe/index.html

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2 Comments

  1. I’m making these right now and they look delicious! One note: the printable recipe card says add flour in step 2 instead of add flavor. It was getting hard to mix without adding the flavor and eggs first. Thanks for the recipe!

  2. Franta McHarg says:

    How long I can keep those cookies? Thank you