. These are so easy and so delicious! These cookies turned out perfect! As for the cracks, Id suggest trying them without chilling the dough. Slowly add and beat milk. Worst sugar cookie recipe Ive ever used. Mostly, I love dark chocolate and joggers (not jogging). On a sweet-related sidenote, have you ever made rice pudding in the Instant Pot? Keeping this one for sure, thank you!! Mine were much purifier than your pictures. I would use the written directions, mixing dry and wet ingredients separately, unless there is a tiny helper :). So do I do that when they are almost done cooking or do I do it before I put them in the oven? My kids called them unicorn cookies and loved them! Set aside. Thank you! I made a second batch and they were perfect. Oven to 3751 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter1 1/4 cup sugar2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour, I just whipped all this up pretty fast and just put my first pan in the oven. Thank you! A lot of cookies use both baking powder and baking soda for leaveningdont know all the ins and outs, but it seems to work well! These are the best cookies! Kids loved them.. Im 55 and just starting to learn how to bake, make cookies etc, this recipe was so easy it made me look good and thats saying A LOT! 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup buttermilk Additions for the batter or on top of Frosting Ideas: chopped nuts any kind white, peanut butter, mint or chocolate chips chopped candy bars of choice IE peanut butter cups leftover Halloween candy funfetti in the batter raisins and 1 teaspoon cinnamon Heat oven to 350 degrees. I can only imagine how they taste cooled. Freezing the cookies for better shaping helps. Yeah, I totally think you could do that. Maybe I added a tad too much flour when measuring? recipe, and it turned out very good! Add oats and mix; set aside. Everyone assumed they were purchased from a bakery. I usually add an extra teaspoon of vanilla but Ive also added a bit of almond extract before with delicious results. Wow, these are so good! Directions. Fun options for finishing. I couldnt stop eating them lol. I did not mix for too long and didnt add too much flour. Stir in white baking chips, if desired. Thanks for another amazing recipe. If I put them in a fridge for a little bit to make these into hearts, would that work at all? I could have easily eaten the whole batch!! I have no idea what happened I used my own tried and true recipe (as in, Ive made the recipe hundreds of times) but the dough was the weirdest and most terrible dough Ive ever worked with. balls. Thank you so much for sharing it! I also roll balls in raw sugar, My kids loved them and are now making their own! Hi Caroline thats odd since these are intended to stay soft and chewy. I cant tell you the number of times these soft and chewy drop sugar cookies have saved me when a sugar cookie craving hits (that happens more often than I like to admit) or when Ive needed a fast, quick, delicious cookie to save the day. Place decorating sugar in a small bowl (or use several colors and separate bowls). He said I need to triple the batch, as they didnt last long! I cant make sugar cookie or the frosting without that flavor combination of extracts. cup Dutch-process cocoa or Hershey's Special Dark cocoa *See Note* 1 teaspoon baking soda teaspoon salt 1 cup of unsalted butter softened 2 cups of sugar plus a little for sugar coating 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla Instructions Heat oven to 350 degrees. These by far were the best sugar cookies Ive had. Mine finally look flat and crinkly and chewy! Please advise. Thanks so much! They are considered molding cookies because you have to form the shape with your hands instead of just dropping the cookie batter on the cookie sheet. If so, did they turn out? I did not cream the sugar and the butter. *I live at over 6000 feet and we actually weighed the flour per your amounts and had no problems with them being crumbly or dry. Beat shortening and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Close this Window. Bake for 20-25 minutes until top is slightly crackly on top and sides are firm to the touch. Making these weekly as a welcome gift for guests who stay at beach houses that we manage. Using tablespoon sized cookie scoop, drop cookie dough onto cookie sheet lined with silpat (or parchment paper). Sounds like there was too much flour in the dough (everyone measures flour differently I fluff the flour really well, scoop and level off). Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Form small marble size balls of the dough. I just didnt think any more flour would mix into the dough! The sign of a great recipe. Still yummy but theyre not as chewy, they are more caky. I baked for about 10 mins at 350 and made sure my oven rack wasnt too low like another reviewer suggested. Thank you for giving exact measurements; takes the guessing out and so easy with a scale! I ended up using 1/2 cup less flour than the recipe called for. Followed the recipe, and loved the result. My 3 year old and I had fun making them. Suggestions? My husband loves rice pudding, Now I know to be on guard for possible scorching. These arent considered drop cookies. The only addition Id say for the basic recipe is 2-3 tablespoons of corn starch into the dry portion for maximum maintained softness, especially if the cookies wont be eaten within a few days. At least I remembered to buy my butter yesterday. Do NOT waste your time and ingredients. Let the , See Also: Keto Recipes, Low Carb RecipesShow details, WebFind the recipe card with ingredient amounts and nutritional information at the bottom of the post.) I made these exactly as the recipe called for and they are super fantastic! And I thought adding flour was helping my cookies! I cannot understand some of the scathing reviewsI didnt get the same crackle that Mel gets in the pictures but I totally dont care. A few of the comments said to use 2 cups of flour to get the cracks, but that didnt work. Easy to make. I only bake for 8 minutes. }, Scoop the cookie dough into rounded balls (about 2 tablespoons in size; I use. Wow. They usually go flat. I dont this dough will hold its shape in hearts very well they do best as a drop cookie and baked into a nice round shape .