No Spread Sugar Cookies
Perfect sugar cookies cutouts, baked to perfection, and topped with the Best Sugar Cookie Glaze Recipe? YOU GOT IT ALL RIGHT HERE!
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 233kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour+extra for rolling out
Sugar Cookie Glaze
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Gel Food Colors
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350˚
- line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- cream together butter and sugars, 3-5 minutes, 3 if using a stand mixer, 5 if using a hand mixer
- add egg and vanilla, beat again
- add flour and salt, stir until the dough forms
- sprinkle the counter with some extra flour
- scrape the dough out on the counter and knead lightly
- lightly flour the top of the dough and make sure that anywhere the dough it going to touch is also floured
- roll out the dough out to about a 1/4 inch thick
- cut out with floured cookies cutters, gently place on parchment-lined baking sheet
- bake for 10-12 minutes or until set, don't brown them up!
- let them cool on the baking sheet for 15-20 minutes so they're set
- then move to a cooling rack
- make the icing by mixing all ingredients with a mixer
- color as desired, be sure to read about HOW to color red, black, and white glaze in the post, it's full of chef tips!
- use piping bags to dot or swirl color on your cookies, you can drag a toothpick to make some feathered designs
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 171IU | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg