Emily's Cooking Blog

Prep time: 20 min. Cook Time : 8 min. Ready: 3 hours

Yield : 30 cookies

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.

2. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

3. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt.

4. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).

5. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

6. Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.

7. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter.

8. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

9. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Recently my Commercial Cooking class made Rolled Sugar Cookies. This lab was lots of fun, especially decorating the cookies. Something that went really well was how perfectly the cookies were baked. They were slightly browed around the edges but still soft and delicious. One thing that did not go well was our icing, the majority of our group was not experienced using icing so they didn’t turn out as visually appealing as I would have liked. Something that I learned in class that was useful for this lab was to chill the dough overnight before rolling it out. This makes it easier to work with. Next time I make this recipe I will make sure the icing is easier to work with and I will not rush while trying to ice the cookies. this lab was lots of fun, I loved decorating cookies!