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Vanilla Sugar Cookies

December 23, 2013 by Stacey 12 Comments

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These cookies take no time to throw together, and they make an absolute ton (you can even double the recipe and be eating them for weeks!) – and the absolute best part is that they’re crunchy. I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to come at a soft cookie. Especially a sugar cookie. I find it hard enough to eat biscuits at the best of times, but there’s something about that satisfying snap as you bite into one of these buttery delights… yum.

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They’re really easy to decorate, and each year for Christmas I make sure everyone gets a personalised one with their initials on it. This year though, my babes wanted butterflies and dinosaurs in amongst their more traditional Christmas shapes and who am I to argue? I can never say no to a dinosaur.

So pop your ovens on in this sweltering heat (maybe do it at night when it’s cooler?) and have a ton of these babies ready to decorate as a fun kid activity. Then eat them as a fun kid activity. Or sneakily at night with a cup of tea when they’re all in bed *wink*

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Easy Christmas sugar cookie recipe | Veggie Mama

Vanilla Sugar Cookies

  • Author: Stacey Roberts | Veggie Mama
  • Prep Time: 40 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 55 mins
  • Yield: 40 small cookies 1x
  • Category: Baking
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American
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Simple, crunchy sugar cookies just right for the holiday season. Or any time! Every time!


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Ingredients

  • 100g butter, softened
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 1 Large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla (more if you’re into that sort of thing!)
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add egg and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated.
  3. Stir the baking powder and salt into the flour, then add to the egg/sugar/butter and mix gently.
  4. When it has all come together, and pat into a flat disc on a plate. Cover with a tea towel and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes or so, until fairly firm – you want it to roll without being sticky and soft, but also not too hard.
  5. When dough is ready, roll fairly thin (about half a centimetre is usually more than enough) on a well-floured surface, and cut into shapes.
  6. Place on cookie trays.
  7. Bake at 160-180C for 10-15 minutes, checking after 10 mins. You don’t want them to brown too much on the edges (or all the way through if they’re super-thin).
  8. Cool on wire racks and decorate as you wish!

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Comments

  1. Kerry L says

    December 23, 2013 at 7:09 am

    I’ve been looking for a good biscuit recipe to make decorated biscuits with – will have to try this one, your recipes ALWAYS work out well for me 🙂

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 24, 2013 at 1:52 pm

      Oh I’m so pleased to hear that! I hope they were amazing x

      Reply
  2. Lisa Mckenzie says

    December 24, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    Great Recipe Stacey and Merry Christmas to you and your gorgeous family xx

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 24, 2013 at 1:52 pm

      Merry Christmas to you too, my dear! Hope it’s the best one yet x

      Reply
  3. Bridie @ Miss And Misters says

    December 24, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Last minute cookies for Santa sorted. Thanks a bunch!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 27, 2013 at 2:33 pm

      I hope he liked them!

      Reply
      • Bridie @ Miss And Misters says

        December 27, 2013 at 2:45 pm

        Santa ended up getting Lindt balls and an apple in the end… But I’ll keep this one bookmarked for future reference. 😉

        Reply
  4. Julia @ Chic To Do says

    December 31, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    Great recipe! I love a basic sugar cookie and will definitely keep this on file!

    Reply
  5. vegeTARAian says

    January 13, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    Cute cookies! I got that pack of cutters too.. thanks Aldi!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      January 14, 2014 at 11:40 am

      They’re great! so many of them.

      Reply

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  1. Kid food: snacks - The Veggie Mama says:
    March 11, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    […] Then we moved, and I was throwing peanut butter sandwiches and handfuls of sultanas at them at regular intervals. I think it’s time to step it up a notch! Anyway, before we moved, this was what was happening at toddler snack time… We were getting colourful with Ikea ice trays, filling them with chopped banana, strawberries and blueberries, sultanas, cashews (for the older kid with actual teeth!), and some Cocoa Pop knockoffs (I think they were from Aldi? I can’t remember!). Oh and little round crackers that came in special Christmas cracker trios from Aldi.  Banana, slices of apple, and pieces of cheese. Abby still won’t eat the cheese. Sultanas, Cheerios, and one of my sugar cookies. […]

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  2. Top Tips to Slash Your Grocery Bill (Plus How I Turned $50 into $200,000!) - veggiemama says:
    October 21, 2015 at 1:49 am

    […] – this recipe makes 80. Yes, 80! And these are my favourite choc-chip ones. Plain sugar cookies for decorating are rad […]

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