How do you make great tasting cookies?!
How do you make great tasting cookies?
The cookies that I usually make do not turn out right, does anyone have any great recipes that i could use for sugar cookies?
thanx
Answers:
Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
granulated sugar, colored if desired
Directions
Beat butter and shortening thoroughly with an electric mixer or pastry cutter.
Add sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt and mix until well combined.
Beat in egg and vanilla then as much flour as you can with the electric mixer.
Stir in the remaining flour.
Cover and chill for at least 1 hour;
Split the dough in 1/2 and roll one half at a time. Cut out with Valentine cookie cutters.
Keep the piece you aren't using in the fridge.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for about 7 to 8 minutes, until edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned (don't over cook).
Makes 36 cookies.
u can buy those pillsberry cookies tat made the cookie dough for u and all u have to do is pop them into u oven
You can go to the Mall and buy some at the cookie store...
Find a recipe or recipes you like and practice, practice, practice. Experience is your best teacher.
Sugar Cookies
"Drop cookie style sugar cookies, perfect for impatient bakers!"
INGREDIENTS
* 1 cup butter
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 cup white sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
2. Cream together the butter or margarine, white sugar, brown sugar, and eggs. Add vanilla and stir.
3. Add the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and mix well.
4. Drop by spoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned.