Crackle Top Sugar Cookies Recipes

CRACKED SUGAR COOKIES I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
• Cream together sugar and butter. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla.
• Add flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Stir.
• Form dough into walnut size balls and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Don't flatten. Bake 10 to 11 minutes, until tops are cracked and just turning color.

BROWN SUGAR CRACKLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until fluffy; scrape side of bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until smooth. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture until well blended.
• Shape dough into 56 (1 1/2-inch) balls. Roll in sparkling sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Store in airtight container at room temperature.

CRACKED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat 2 cups sugar, butter, and vegetable oil with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add egg yolks one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Sift flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt into the egg yolk mixture; stir. Stir in vanilla extract. Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls.
• Spread 1/4 cup sugar onto a flat surface. Roll the balls of dough in sugar to coat. Arrange onto baking sheets spaced at least 2 inches apart.
• Bake in preheated oven cooked in the middle, but not yet browned, about 15 minutes.

CRACKLY CINNAMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter with both sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low; gradually add flour mixture. Beat until combined.
• Scoop dough using a 1 1/2-inch scoop (about 1 1/2-tablespoons); transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Flatten cookies slightly with a spatula. Sprinkle tops with sanding sugar, then lightly brush with a wet pastry brush and sprinkle with more sanding sugar.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until cookies are just beginning to brown at edges, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on sheets, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

OLD-FASHIONED CRACKLE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil until blended. Beat in eggs, chocolate and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to sugar mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours., With sugared hands, shape dough into 1-in. balls. Roll in confectioners' sugar. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.

FANTASTIC CRACKLE TOP SUGAR-CINNAMON COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°.
• In a extra large mixing bowl (I use my kitchen aid stand mixer for this), cream/mix the shortening, both sugars, eggs and vanilla until very well blended and fluffy.
• In a smaller bowl mix together (do not sift) the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt, with a spoon.
• Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and beat well until blended.
• Roll into walnut size balls (or larger if desired).
• Roll into the cinnamon/sugar mixture, making sure that the balls are well coated.
• Place on a foil-lined lightly sprayed cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges.
• ***NOTE*** for a crispier cookie, bake longer.

CHOCOLATE CRACKLE-TOP COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Blend in chocolate. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Refrigerate 3 hours.
• Heat oven to 350ºF. Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. Roll, 1 at a time, in powdered sugar until evenly coated. Place, 4 inches apart, on parchment-covered baking sheets.
• Bake 15 min. or until tops are cracked and centers are almost set. Cool 2 min. on baking sheet. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

CRACKLE TOP SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Adjust one rack in the center of the oven.
• Combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl.
• Add egg yolks, vanilla, salt and beat until smooth.
• Add flour, baking soda and cream of tartar and mix on low speed until dough comes together.
• Scoop dough by rounded tablespoons and roll into balls.
• Roll balls in sanding sugar to coat and place on parchment paper lined baking sheets.
• Bake cookies until they are golden brown around the edges, but soft in the center. Approximately 16 minutes.
• Cool on rack and store in tins.