This soft sugar cookie recipe is a state fair blue ribbon winner, and it's so easy, anyone can make it. Just mix up the dough, roll it into balls (no rolling pin required!), coat with sugar, and bake. These soft, chewy sugar cookies can be decorated with any color sugar, making them perfect for holidays and other special occasions like baby showers, engagement parties, and birthdays.
Ingredients
- colored decorating sugar: 0.33333 cup
- shortening: 0.66667 cup
- unsalted butter: 0.66667 cup (softened)
- ½ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- eggs: 2 piece
- vanilla extract: 2 tsp
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 3 piece
- baking powder: 2 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place decorating sugar in a small bowl (or use several colors and separate bowls). Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Beat shortening and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in sugar until incorporated, then mix in eggs, one at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary. Mix in vanilla. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until combined. Gradually add to the wet ingredients and mix until incorporated and the dough comes together. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Roll dough into walnut-sized balls. Roll each ball in sugar to coat, then place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in the preheated oven until light brown on the bottoms, 10 to 12 minutes, switching racks halfway through. Remove from the oven and transfer to wire racks to cool. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
