Description
I love sugar cookies that are crisp on the outside and very chewy on the inside. Do not try to roll these cookies out, they are meant to be shaped or dropped. This recipe can easily be made into snickerdoodle cookies by rolling the dough in cinnamon-sugar before baking.
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups margarine
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ cup white sugar for decoration
Instructions
- Stir flour
- baking soda
- and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Beat sugar and margarine together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat first egg into mixture. Beat second egg into mixture along with vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Roll dough into walnut-sized balls; roll in 1/4 cup of sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
- Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned at the edges
- about 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 30