Super Soft & Chewy Sugar Cookies!

Ingredients

• 5-½ cups Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 4 sticks Softened Butter
• 3 cups White Sugar
• 2 whole Eggs
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla
• 6 Tablespoons Buttermilk
• _____
• FOR THE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
• 1 stick Butter, Softened
• 4 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• Milk, Enough To Reach Desired Consistency
• Food Coloring

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until somewhat smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. In another bowl, stir together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed ingredients. Mix well. Add the buttermilk to make the dough soft, not wet.

Roll into medium/small balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake until done. How do you like that? After about 12 minutes, check them. Wait until the edges barely start to show a golden color, which could take up to 15 minutes, or so. (To be honest, I can’t remember how long to cook them. There, I said it.)

Remove from the oven and let them rest on the cookie sheet for several minutes. Then let cool on wire racks or a towel. Frost with yummy buttercream frosting (combine frosting ingredients until smooth). Go easy on the frosting because the cookie is already pretty sweet. I like doing a little squiggle.

A picture tutorial of this recipe can be found at the related blog post.

Enjoy!

Mariel