Annie's Sugar Cookies

This is my FAVORITE sugar cookie recipe EVER. My sweet friend, Annie McDaniel, is the one who shared it with me years ago. It's my go-to recipe because it's not only EASY but there's no need to chill the dough prior to rolling out. AND...it actually produces a nice tasting cookie! *wink*

1 large egg

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 3/4 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

Using an electric mixer, mix wet ingredients: egg, butter, sugar & vanilla

Add dry ingredients...mix well.

Roll out dough on floured surface and cut with cookie cutters.

Bake at 400 degrees for 6-7 minutes

yields: approx. 24 - 3" cookies OR 150 - 1.5" cookies

Now all you need is some royal icing to decorate your cookies...here's my all-time favorite!

the best chocolate chip cookies ever!

Looking for a full-proof chocolate chip cookie recipe? THIS is it. Chrissy Kirkland gave me this recipe and she originally got it from Ember Hansen. You can do all sorts of renditions by adding your particular favorite chips, nuts, etc.

1 c. shortening

1 c. brown sugar (I used dark brown - which is unusual for me)

1/2 c. sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

2 c. + 4 TBSP flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

chocolate chips (your favorite)

nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 335 degrees.

Beat first 5 ingredients together. 

Combine flour, salt, & baking soda. (I use a sifter and add ingredients at once and then churn into a separate bowl - just my preference but not really necessary).

Add flour mixture to wet mixture and mix until blended completely. (scraping bowl often).

Add chocolate chips and nuts in the amount that you prefer.

Using a medium-sized ice cream scoop, place a dollop of cookie dough on cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. (I tend to bake mine for 11 minutes, pull them out of the oven, let them sit on the cookie sheet for one minute and then remove to a cooling rack). 

These are seriously delicious cookies and are quite easy. You can have a batch made up in a pinch. 

serving size: 2-3 dozen

start to finish: 30-45 minutes to fresh baked cookies