Old-Fashioned Drop Sugar Cookies
Servings: 48 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups salted butter softened (3 sticks)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
- 4 eggs
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest (optional)
Instructions
- Cream together softened butter, lemon zest, granulated sugar, and confectioners' sugar.
- Add vanilla extract and almond extract, and beat in eggs one at a time.
- Stir in flour and baking powder.
- Chill dough for at least two hours, or even better, chill it overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Scoop out cookie dough and roll into uniform balls. Dredge each ball of dough in granulated sugar, and then flatten the balls using a flat-bottomed ramekin or glass to about ½ inch thick.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes until just starting to brown around the edges.
Recipe Notes
* I do not add salt to this recipe, as the salt in salted butter is plenty. If you prefer to bake with unsalted butter, you may add 1 teaspoon of salt along with the flour and baking powder in step #3.
Nutrition
Serving: 2g | Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 144mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g
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