Let’s talk cookies, shall we?
Sugar cookies, to be specific.
Sugar cookies sans-royal icing to be even more specific.
Sugar cookies that are chewy, yet pack a nice little crunch thanks to the sanding sugar they’ve been rolled in just prior to baking.
Yeah… that’s what we have going on here.
Super Chewy Sugar Cookies
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Author: DaydreamerDesserts.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup sanding sugar (your choice of color)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
- Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light and fluffy, approx 4 to 5 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla extract, blend until completely incorporated.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients and slowly mix until the dough has come together and formed a uniform mass.
- Scoop or roll tablespoon sized balls, roll them into the sanding and place on a cookie sheet spacing them about 2 inches apart over a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Flatten the cookies with a flat bottomed glass.
- Bake cookies for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown around the edges. Allow cookies to cool in baking sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack until completely cooled.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
Tere is nothing like a big fat warm chewy sugar cookie. These are perfect and just looking at them made my morning better.
I have never had a super chewy sugar cookie but now I totally want one! They sound delicious, and I am loving the colored sugars you coated them with!
oooh, thanks – I am going to try this recipe, looks too yummy to pass up – will get my boys baking this week
These look amazing! We always make rosquillas and cut out sugar cookies with lemon frosting for Christmas, but this year we were thinking about making a new recipe to take to a Christmas party. I think we definitely need to try these!
Chewy is the way to go with sugar cookies… These look fabulous! Hoping I can find some time to add them in to my holiday cookie rotation this year.