Many of you have requested the recipe… so here it is!
After 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
- 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.
- I cut cookies very thick (a little less than 1/2 in) This makes super thick soft cookies… mmmm.
- As for baking, it depends on how thick and big your cookies are.
- 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)
- 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 : )

Make sure to cut your cookies thick and insert the cookie sticks before you bake 🙂
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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Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe: Halloween Style
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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JM says
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!
Franta McHarg says
How long I can keep those cookies? Thank you