Recipe Sugar Cookies Martha Stewart

Whether you cut them into the shape of easter eggs turkeys or christmas trees and decorate them with frosting or sprinkles or both the possibilities are endless we start off by featuring our recipe for perfect sugar cookies which is featured in our founder s new book martha stewart s cookie perfection clarkson.

Recipe sugar cookies martha stewart. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add flour mixture and mix on low speed until thoroughly combined. Enjoy your sugar cookies plain or decorate them with icing to make them festive.

Mix in eggs and. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. Sugar cookies are a buttery classic that make a delicious anytime treat.

Transfer cookie dough on plastic wrap to a baking sheet. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes.

Sift flour baking powder and salt into a bowl. Remove one dough disk. To make an ornament cut out a hole from the center of the neck about 1 4 inch from the edge using a straw.

Transfer baking sheet to freezer freeze until very firm about 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat well to combine.

Step 3 bake cookies switching positions of sheets and rotating halfway through until edges turn golden 15 to 18 minutes. Decorate your cookies with sprinkles colored fine sugar or royal icing we have the recipe for that too. Cut out cookies with a 4 inch one piece shaped cookie cutter.