Super Soft, Melt in Your Mouth, Sugar Cookie Recipe
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Do You Love Those Big, Fat, Pink Frosted, Lofthouse Sugar Cookies?
These are my favorite cookies to make for Valentines Day, Christmas and gift giving because they turn out fat, cake-like and are perfect for topping with lots of frosting and sprinkles.
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Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe
Roll them thick for cake-like cookies!
Mix:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
Add:
3 beaten eggs (or egg substitute)
1 tsp. vanilla
Sift and mix with sugar mixture:
3 cups flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
Roll dough on lightly floured surface and cut with a simple cookie cutter. I cut these cookies thick, about 1/2 inch. *This is a really soft dough, try not to add too much flour so your cookies will stay soft and moist.
Bake @ 425 for about 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
Basic Frosting Recipe
Simple and delicious!
1/3 c. butter
3 c. powdered sugar
3 tbsp. cream or milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Beat together all ingredients until smooth.
*You can also add a little extra milk or cream to the recipe to thin it down into a glaze. This makes frosting really easy! Just turn the cookies upside down and dip in the glaze and let it roll down the sides or set cookies on a cooking rack and drizzle the glaze over the top. (Make sure you allow plenty of time for the glaze to dry before stacking.)
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charmilbrettdotcom
Jan 15, 2011 @ 11:34 pm | delete
- I love sugar cookies and homemade frosting...thank you for this lens. I will have to try making some cookies eventually...Char
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mcochs
Oct 26, 2010 @ 7:28 am | delete
- Awesome lens! Cookies look great! Love sugar cookies,they are my favorite sweet:)
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alteredkat
Sep 18, 2010 @ 1:48 pm | delete
- YUM!...tasty lens...I'm always down for a great cookie recipe! Thanks for sharing!
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24websurf
Dec 31, 2009 @ 11:27 am | delete
- Oh my goodness! Love the pink mixer! Those cookies? You can just Fed-Ex them! Blessed for yumminess!
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Dec 14, 2009 @ 5:28 am | delete
- Looks yummy; blessed. I'd love it if you'd enter your cookies in the The Best Cookies Bake Off Ever .
Merry Christmas to you!
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WindyWinters
Nov 10, 2009 @ 1:21 am | delete
- Oh my goodness. This lens and these cookies are so delicious!
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Evelyn_Saenz
Nov 7, 2009 @ 4:35 pm | delete
- Soft, pink, chewy and delicious. Thank you for the virtual bite.
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hlkljgk Nov 6, 2009 @ 2:35 pm | delete
- everything needed to make awesome cookies is right here!
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stargazer00
Nov 5, 2009 @ 9:30 pm | delete
- I *love* those big soft sugar cookies! Thanks for the recipe!
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WritingforYourWealth
Nov 1, 2009 @ 3:46 am | delete
- I just had some sugar cookies for the first time in years. They were gluten free, so ok for my diet. :) not as good as those ones at the mall (or in your pictures), but not bad!
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