rolled sugar cookie recipe

Lazy Weekend Concoction:

Rolled Sugar Cookies

This recipe is the recipe I used for my St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Sugar Cookies. You can use this recipe for any holiday of the year or for any fun sugar cookie cutter project!

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp ground all-spice

1/8 tsp sat

2 tsp cinnamon ( I added this ingredient)

1/4 nutmeg (I added this ingredient)

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, soft

1 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 large eggs

**A bowl of cinnmon & sugar to top the cookies with if desired to make cinnamon sugar cookies

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• Combine flour, baking powder, all-spice, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl till creamy.
• Add eggs and beat till just blended.
• Mix in the dry ingredients until just blended
• Press dough into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 30 mins or until firm.
• Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. ( I did mine a 1/4 inch thick and they came out much better than the 1/8 inch.)
• Cut out cookies with desired cookie cutter shape. Continue to gather dough, re-roll and continue cutting till all dough is used.
• Place all cookies on a greased cookie sheet., about 1 inch apart. Bake for about 10 mins or till lighty browned at edges.
• Cool on sheets till lightly firmed.
• Decorate as desired!

I rolled my cookie dough in sprinkles before I rolled them so that it was already incorpoated into the dough.

I also sprinkled colored sugar onto my cookie cut outs bfore placeing them in the oven, so that way it is baked into the dough.

**If you want to make cinnamon sugar cookies, dust them with the mixture before baking them.

Enjoy!!