Soft Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon spice
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• cooking spray
• 1/4 cup sugar, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Ready Time: 20 mins


• beat butter and 2 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. add eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth.
• sift flour, spice, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. add flour mixture to butter mixture and beat until flour is completely incorporated. cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). spray baking sheets with cooking spray.
• pour 1/4 cup sugar into a shallow bowl.
• drop spoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart prepared baking sheets. moisten the bottom of a glass with water and dip the glass in sugar. gently flatten each drop of cookie dough with the bottom of the sugared glass.
• bake cookies in the preheated oven until set, 5 to 7 minutes.