Big Fat Sugar Cookies Recipes

THICK CUT-OUTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter until smooth. Beat in the eggs and egg yolks, one at a time, mixing well after each. Mix in vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Cover dough and chill for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. On a floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
• To make frosting, mix together the confectioners' sugar, oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. gradually add enough hot water to achieve a spreadable consistency. Spread over warm cookies.

LARGE BATCH SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together flour, salt, soda, and baking powder and set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Add vanilla, beat. Add milk, beat. Slowly add in the flour mixture, one to two cups at a time, and mix well.
• When all ingredients have been added in, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least two hours or overnight before baking.
• Before baking, preheat the oven to 350.
• Scoop dough by teaspoon-fulls and roll into balls, then place onto cookie sheet. Use a kitchen glass dipped in white sugar to flatten the balls of dough. Bake in preheated oven aprox 12 min, or until golden.
• Let set on cookie sheet for aprox 3 min, until firm, then transfer to cooling rack, or wax paper, to cool completely.
• *These can also be sprinkled with Cinnamon before baking to make Snickerdoodle or Spice Cookies.

LARGE THICK BAKERY SIZE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl add the shortening, butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract. Mix until light and fluffy.
• In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, blend until combined.
• Divide dough into 12 (3.6 ounce) balls.
• Place (6 balls per cookie sheet) on prepared cookie sheets, refrigerate 2½ hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°. NOTE THESE COOKIES WERE BAKED IN A CONFECTION OVEN YOU MAY NEED TO ADJUST BAKING TIME FOR AN ELECTRIC OR GAS OVEN. Bake 16-18 minutes. Slide the cookies still on the parchment paper onto the counter to cool completely.
• Frost cooled cookies and add sprinkles.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the butter. Beat until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).
• Add powdered sugar, vanilla and milk (or water).
• Beat on low until sugar is incorporated, then on high until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).

GIANT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with one rack in upper third and another in lower third. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer on medium-high, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 4 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat well to combine.
• With mixer on low, add half the flour mixture, followed by sour cream, then remaining flour mixture; mix just until smooth. (Dough will be stiff; you may need to finish mixing it by hand with a wooden spoon.)
• Drop mounds of dough, each equal to about 3 tablespoons, 3 to 4 inches apart, onto two ungreased baking sheets; sprinkle with sugar. Bake until edges of cookies are just firm and tops are barely beginning to brown, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating sheets once halfway through. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

AMISH SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, beat the butter, oil and sugars. Beat in eggs until well blended. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually add to creamed mixture., Drop by small teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.