Grammy's Kitchen · Sugar Cookies · Soft Cutout Sugar Cookies
One of 28 sugar cookies recipes we measured
It ranks #2 of 28 for center texture among the sugar cookies recipes we compared. 88 cooks on www.theseasonedmom.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 | 52% | 73% |
| total sugar | 255% | 83% |
| egg | 30% | 19% |
| leavener | 1% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 16% | 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.
| 330 g | 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup salted butter, (softened at room temperature) |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs, ( at room temperature) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon almond extract ((or reduce to 1/4 teaspoon for a more subtle flavor)) |
| 600 g | 3 cups powdered sugar, (sifted) |
| 53 g | 3-4 tablespoons milk |
| 41 g | 2 tablespoons light corn syrup |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| Gel food coloring, (optional) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.theseasonedmom.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Excellent cookies! Even critical family members said they were very good. Easier to make than I thought. Definitely refrigerate or freeze dough to facilitate cutting out the cookies. The only change I made was to decrease powdered sugar from 3 cups to 1 cup ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made these last year and again today - they’re wonderful and look beautiful after they’re decorated. I thought the recipe was clear and easy to follow. The hints you gave about how to make cut out cookies easier were very helpful! I took some of them to a” — a cook, 5.0★