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Discover the secret to baking perfect sugar cookies that retain their shape and won’t spread. This family recipe has been passed down through generations and is now being shared with you. Learn the tips and tricks to making soft, chewy, and delicious sugar cookies that are perfect for any occasion. With this recipe, you’ll be able to create beautiful cookies that will impress your friends and family. Get ready to take your baking skills to the next level and make sugar cookies like a pro. We use these cookies on many holidays. We shape and decorate them for Halloween…
Valentine’s Day…
Game Day Cookies…
And of course, Christmas Cookies…
I even have a homemade Buttercream Frosting Recipe that you can use to help decorate these sugar cookies! So, let’s get starting on making my absolute favorite no-spread sugar cookies!
No-Spread Sugar Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup sour cream
Instructions
- Sugar Cookie Recipe: Mix dry ingredients by combining flour, baking soda and salt in mixing bowl then set aside.
- Use a stand mixer (or mixer of your choice) to combine and "cream" shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Then beat in eggs, and add vanilla extract and sour cream. Once creamy and fully combined, add dry mix ingredients from other bowl, (using a dough hook attachment with stand mixer). Once dough is fully formed, place in covered container and chill in refrigerator for minimum of 3 hours (overnight is recommended).
- Once dough is properly chilled, remove from refrigerator and take smaller chunks at a time to roll out the dough.
- Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
- Have 1-2 cups extra flour to use while working with the dough, which can be sticky. Roll out the dough into an even 1/4 inch thickness. Then use cookie cutters of your choice and place each cookie onto a lined cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375°F for 8-10 minutes (please check on them as you don't want them to overcook). Once finished, allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes then move to a cooling rack for another 10 minutes. Then you are ready to decorate!
- Decorating Christmas Tree Cookies: Use Christmas tree cookie cutter, then use brown frosting for stump of tree and green frosting for tree itself. Use green sanding sugar to coat the frosting. Put a yellow candy star on top of the tree. Optional: create tinsel with white and/or yellow writing gels and place candy balls as ornaments throughout the tree. you can also sprinkle a second time with green sanding sugar.
- Decorating Star (of Bethlehem) Cookies: Use star cookie cutter, then use yellow frosting then add yellow sanding sugar to the top.
- Decorating Snowflake Cookies: Use snowflake cookie cutter, then use white frosting then add white sanding sugar to the top.
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Hi, I’m Allison, the founder of Simple Fantastic Kitchen. I live in the mountains in a tiny house with a tiny kitchen where I make