The GüdDish Sugar Cookies

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Sugar Cookies. The GüdDish.

Serves 4–6 · 20–25 min prep · 70–85 min total · 5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease or line your pan as needed.

  2. 2

    Beat the butter with the sugar until the mixture looks even. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix in the milk. Add the vanilla. In a second bowl, whisk flour, salt, and leaveners and spices from your list. Fold dry into wet until just combined.

    2/3cbutter
    1/2tspsalt
    21/2cflour
    2 largeeggs
    1/4cmilk
    13/4csugar
    11/4tspvanilla
    3/4tspbaking soda
    1tspbaking powder
  3. 3

    Scrape the batter or dough into the pan (or scoop cookies onto a sheet) and level or space evenly.

  4. 4

    Bake until the edges are set and the centers look just done, then cool on the sheet a few minutes before moving to a rack.

  5. 5

    Serve once cool enough to hold together. Store covered once fully cool.