Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Easy, soft and chewy vanilla sugar cookies
Yield: 22 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set dry ingredients aside.
- Using a handmixer or standmixer with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Start on low speed and gradually increase to medium speed. Cream for 3 minutes on medium speed until fluffy. Use a rubber spatula to scrape down sides of bowl.
- Add egg and vanilla extract. Mix briefly on medium speed just until combined, around 15 seconds.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed just until combined, stopping halfway through to scrape down the sides of bowl. Don't overmix.
- Add sprinkles (optional) and briefly mix on low speed, just until incorporated.
- Scoop out a 1 Tablespoon ball of dough for each cookie and drop onto the prepared baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. The dough will be sticky.
- Bake for 8-11 minutes, until edges of cookies are set and have just barely browned. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before removing. Cookies will continue to firm as they cool. Recipe makes around 22 cookies.