Sugar Cookie Recipes

Sugar cookie recipes are among my favorites. But I guess my favorite cookie is whatever cookie I'm talking about at the time.

"Bake up a batch of sugar cookies and surprise a friend with a cookie gift."

When I was a little fellow growing up I had a country grandmother and a city grandmother. I don't remember my city grandmother baking cookies but I'm sure she did.

I do remember my country grandmother baking sugar cookies though. She called them teacakes. Looking back on that time I realize that her "teacakes" were just a basic sugar cookie recipe.

My country grandmother cooked on a wood-burning stove. I can remember being bribed to bring in "stove wood" with the promise of some teacakes.

I never knew her exact recipe but I do remember the edges were extremely thin and brown and they were a little puffy in the middle. I can imagine how hard it was to control temperatures in a wood-burning stove.

The fat had to be homemade butter or home rendered lard since they produced most everything for the kitchen from the farm.

If there were eggs in her recipe they came from her chickens. The milk I had along with my bribe came from her cows.

I do remember the sugary vanilla flavored taste so I guess they did buy those items. Along with the flour and baking powder.

I can still picture her rolling out the dough with a huge wooden rolling pin and cutting the cookies out with a drinking glass.

It's funny to me that I should remember that from so long ago. That had to be in the late 1940's. Goodness! I'm getting old. :)

Like I said I never knew her recipe but this one has to be close:

Sugar Cookie Recipe

3/4 Cup Butter
1 1/2 Cups Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Tsp. Vanilla
2 1/2 Cups Flour
1 Tsp. Baking Powder
1 Tsp Salt

Mix the Butter, Sugar, Eggs and Vanilla; Blend in the Flour, baking Powder and Salt; Cool the dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Roll dough to 1/8" thickness and cut into the shape or images you desire. Bake cookies at 400F for 6 to 8 Minutes

I've baked this cookie recipe and even though it may not be exactly like hers it sure brings back memories of simpler times.

More Sugar Cookie Recipes

Almond Cookie Recipe

Each Almond Cookie Recipe listed here is for true almond lovers.

Apple Cookie Recipe

This Apple Cookie Recipe uses chopped apples.

Banana Cookie Recipe

Nancy B. of Canton, Mississippi gave this Banana Cookie Recipe to me.

Butter Cookie Recipe

If it weren't for the egg and the almond extract in this Butter Cookie Recipe it would be a shortbread cookie.

Candy Bar Cookie Recipes

The first of the two Candy Bar Cookie Recipes listed here actually uses candy bars.

Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe

This Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe makes producing a batch of sugar cookies about as easy as it gets because there is no rolling and cutting.

Gingersnap Cookie Recipe

Each Gingersnap Cookie Recipe here uses molasses and ground ginger as key ingredients.

Lemon Cookie Recipe

This Lemon Cookie Recipe is just a basic sugar cookie with lemon juice added. It demonstrates the versatility of sugar cookie dough.

Macadamia Nut Cookie Recipe

What a heavenly combination in this Macadamia Nut Cookie Recipe. Macadamia nuts and white chocolate!

Molasses Cookie Recipe

This Molasses Cookie Recipe is probably a variation that has passed down from early American history when molasses was the primary sweetening ingredient.

Monster Cookie Recipe

I've never made this Monster Cookie Recipe and I don't know when I'll have an occasion to do so.

Oreo Cookie Recipe

The cookies I made from this Oreo Cookie Recipe didn't look anything like the commercial version but the taste is surprisingly close.

Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe

I can't say that this Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe is the original but it is a darned good one.

Soft Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

Gingerbread is traditionally a Christmas time thing but this Soft Gingerbread Cookie Recipe should be enjoyed any time of the year.

Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe

So you don't like your cookies crispy huh? Well this Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe should be right up your alley.

Basic Sugar Cookie

This is just a Basic Sugar Cookie recipe but it has great qualities. It holds its shape well when baked which means you can use intricate cookie cutters. Plus it tastes doggone good.

You Might Need:

• Kitchen Supply Aluminum Half Size Sheet Pan 18-inch by 13-inch

• Calphalon 12-by-17-Inch Rectangular Nonstick Cooling Rack

• Silpat 11-5/8-by-16-1/2-Inch Nonstick Silicone Baking Mat

• Oxo Good Grips Cookie Scoop