Name: No Fail Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 6 cups flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 2 cups unsalted butter (room temperature); 2 cups white (granulated sugar); 2 eggs (room temperature); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or desired flavoring (almond perhaps?); 1 teaspoons salt

This is my favorite go to recipe for all the fancy decorated cookies I make.

And sugar cookies in general.

No Fail Sugar Cookies

Course Dessert

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 5 dozen 3" cookies

Author Cake Central

Ingredients

6 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups unsalted butter room temperature
2 cups white granulated sugar
2 eggs room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract or desired flavoring almond perhaps?
1 teaspoons salt

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Mix well. mix dry ingredients and add a little at a time to butter mixture. Mix until flour is incorporated and the dough comes together.
Chill for 1 to 2 hours.
Roll to desired thickness {spacers help A LOT} and cut into desired shapes. Bake on a Sil-Pat lined baking sheet at 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes or until just beginning to turn brown around the edges.

Recipe Notes

I usually make a half batch of this dough and get about 2 to 3 dozen cookies, depending on the shapes/sizes of the cookie cutter.