Grammy's Kitchen · Sugar Cookies · Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
One of 28 sugar cookies recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 28 for center texture among the sugar cookies recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.thepioneerwoman.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 28.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 47% | 73% |
| total sugar | 157% | 83% |
| egg | 52% | 19% |
| leavener | 2% | 1% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 6% | 0% |
| acid | 1% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 1 c. (2 sticks) plus 5 Tbsp. salted butter, softened |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar |
| Grated zest of 1 orange | |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 4 g | 1 tsp. vanilla extract |
| 480 g | 4 c. all-purpose flour |
| 12 g | 1 tbsp. baking powder |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp. kosher salt |
| 30 g | 2 tbsp. whole milk |
| 454 g | 4 c. (1 lb.) powdered sugar, sifted |
| 150 g | 3 pasteurized egg whites |
| 5 g | 1 tsp. lemon juice |
| Gel food coloring (optional) |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.thepioneerwoman.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“<p>Excellent cookies! They keep their shape when baking, and are soft and fluffy. The icing isn’t quite “royal” and is fairly thick, but it does harden enough to stack cookies without making a mess. I had to use a knife to spread- recipe says you can add water” — a cook, 5.0★