Today the kids had a day off from school for the Memorial Day weekend so I decided instead of me doing all the baking I would enlist the help of my nephew (pictured below). Kids love to help make sugar cookies, because they can decorate the cookies any way they want and mix their own icing colors. They can also cut out shapes with cookie cutters after the sugar cookies are done cooling and get creative with it. It's a really fun & easy activity to do with the kids.
Easy Soft Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
2 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour
1 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1 cup of butter, softened
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1 egg
1 tsp of vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large bowl mix the flour, baking soda, and baking powder together and set aside.
In a large bowl mix the flour, baking soda, and baking powder together and set aside.
In another large bowl mix the butter and sugar until it becomes creamy and smooth. Next, mix in the egg and vanilla. Once that is mixed add in the dry ingredients and combine it all together. (This takes some elbow grease. My nephew liked the challenge!)
Using a cookie scoop or spoon make the dough into balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Give the cookies some space when placing them on the cookie sheets, because they will expand in the oven while baking.
Bake for only 10 minuets. Let the cookies cool completely before adding icing or decorations so that the heat from the cookies doesn't melt the icing.
We used store bought icing because it was more convenient, but you could make your own at home (see icing recipe below).
Makes about 36 cookies
Icing Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup of powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons of milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Directions:
Combine all ingredients and stir.
Color the icing with food coloring and decorate however you'd like.
Super easy! Enjoy!
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