Grammy's Kitchen · Sugar Cookies · Best Sugar Cookie
One of 28 sugar cookies recipes we measured
from www.aspicyperspective.com
It ranks #2 of 28 for structural integrity among the sugar cookies recipes we compared. 435 cooks on www.aspicyperspective.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 28.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 94% | 73% |
| total sugar | 83% | 83% |
| egg | 28% | 19% |
| leavener | 2% | 1% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 360 g | 3 cups all-purpose flour, (measured then sifted) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 339 g | 3 sticks unsalted butter, (softened (1 1/2 cups)) |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (+ extra for rolling) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.aspicyperspective.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“As a very experienced baker, including time spent as a professional baker, I followed this recipe exactly as written, and while the cookies are absolutely delicious, they came out crisp rather than soft. Looking at the formula, that result makes sense. The hig” — a cook, 3.0★
“I have made a lot of sugar cookie recipes over the years and this is THE best! My family absolutely loved them! I made the dough, wrapped tightly in plastic and set in the fridge until the next morning because I was baking 16 dozen for a graduation party. M” — a cook, 5.0★