Eloise's Easy Sugar Cookies

I test made this recipe to see if I could double the batch, it worked great! Fabulous and super easy to work with, not needing to chill first is a real bonus! I love the cookie without the icing, my husband loves it with. Great for decorating! Highly recommend this recipe for the home baker.

These sugar cookies are simple and delicious. Making the dough is really quick, too, though the rolling and cutting does take a bit of time. I made a half batch of the recipe on two separate occasions this week, the second time dividing the dough into 3 batches: one plain, one with mixed dried fruit (raisins, craisins and blueberries), and one with mini chocolate chips. They all came out beautifully; thin and crisp! I highly recommend this recipe and will definitely use it again and again.

I used real butter and hand mixed everything. 1/4 of dry ingredients at a time. I refrigeratedon't the dough for an hour and didn't need any flour to roll it out. Not sticky at all. I baked them for 8 minutes. These are soft moist and so so tasty. I was worried after reading some reviews about them being bland or dry. I'm not sure where they went wrong or I went right but these are delicious cookies. I've never baked sugar cookies before. I'm just broke and happened to have the ingredients and wanted to make cookies for my kids. I highly recommend these. I'll definitely save this recipie. This picture is half of the recipie. I have the rest in the fridge for later.

I have tried 6 different recipes in the past week, trying to get the perfect taste and consistency for my Royal Icing decorated cookies. I FINALLY found it! I doubled the recipe, which worked perfectly. The only thing I changed was the baking powder. I halved the amount it called for. Some people have said they are "salty", I don't understand that. Mine aren't salty at all! They held their shape perfectly and after decorating with Royal Icing, they tasted perfect. This is not meant to be a "sweet cookie". If you are wanting a sweet cookie, you should probably use a sugar cookie recipe. I will use this recipe from now on. I make and decorate a lot of cookies for many different occasions and this will now be my #1 recipe. Also, I NEVER use flour to roll out my cookies. I always roll them out on parchment paper sprinkled with powdered sugar.

These are the best sugar cookies EVER! I've never made cookies in my life and I tried this recipe ( didn't change anything on it) and they turned out AWESOME, thanks so much!