Grammy's Kitchen · Sugar Cookies · The BEST Sugar Cookie Cut Out Recipe (No Spr
One of 28 sugar cookies recipes we measured
It ranks #3 of 28 for chew among the sugar cookies recipes we compared. 9 cooks on everythingjustbaked.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 | 73% | 73% |
| total sugar | 203% | 83% |
| egg | 15% | 19% |
| leavener | 1% | 1% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 12% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 1 cup salted butter (slightly softened, not melted) |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup powdered sugar |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup granulated white sugar |
| 50 g | 1 large egg (room temp) |
| 13 g | 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste or extract |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp almond extract (optional but HIGHLY recommended for flavor) |
| 330 g | 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp baking powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp fine salt |
| 400 g | 2 cups powdered sugar (sifted) |
| 41 g | 2 1/2-3 tbsp heavy cream or milk ((to thin the icing)) |
| 14 g | 1 tbsp salted butter (melted and slightly cooled) |
| 20 g | 1 tbsp light corn syrup |
| 4 g | 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp fine salt |
| Optional: 1/4 tsp almond extract or lemon juice for extra flavor |
Method: 14 steps, published by everythingjustbaked.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Like every other recipe on your website these came out amazing! Please continue to drop the holiday cookie recipes! Would love to see snickerdoodle, molasses, gingerbread, peanut butter blossom, etc! You’re so talented and your recipes are wonderful” — a cook, 5.0★
“Great recipe…. Like all of your recipes. Easy to follow and the flavor and texture of these cookies are amazing. Wish the measurements were by weight, though!” — a cook, 5.0★