We have a sugar cookie recipe that you’re sure to love! Baking in our home-state, Colorado, can be tricky sometimes with our high altitude here. So we’ve crafted a high altitude proof sugar cookie recipe for you (it’s delicious at sea level and lower altitudes too). This recipe is sure to impress your friends and family during the holidays. These sugar cookies bake up wonderfully – keeping their shape intact. Top these cookies with your favorite sprinkles and frosting for the perfect holiday treat!
Ingredients You Need and How Much
Metric | Ingredient | Imperial |
114 g | Butter | .5 cup |
57 g | Margarine | .25 cup |
114 g | Cream Cheese | 4 oz |
150 g | Sugar | .75 cup |
2.5 ml | Almond Extract | .5 tsp |
2.5 ml | Vanilla extract | .5 tsp |
3 g | Salt | .5 tsp |
17 g | Egg Yolk | 1 egg yolk |
313 g | AP Flour | 2.5 cups |
What to Do With the Ingredients
- In stand mixer bowl, combine sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, almond and vanilla extracts, and egg yolk. Beat until smooth. Slowly add flour until all ingredients are well blended.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap or freezer paper and chill for 4 – 24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325°F (Do not overheat. This lower than normal temperature keeps the cookie from spreading).
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to ⅛” thickness. (Pro Tip: Portion dough into smaller amounts for easier rolling.) Cut dough into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutters. Place cookies 1” apart on baking sheet pans that are lined with parchment paper. Any remaining dough refrigerate until needed.
- Bake for 10 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven or until cookies reach a light golden brown color. Wait until cookies completely cool down to apply frosting.
* This sugar cookie recipe can be easily adjusted for any altitude. For lower altitudes, use 20% less flour and add 10% more sugar.
Baking for a large group? Easy! Simply quadruple the sugar cookie recipe and the recipe will yield 96 to 144 cookies (depending on how big you make the cookie). The KitchenAid Commercial 8 qt Stand Mixer perfectly fits this recipe when quadrupled. For all your other baking needs, click here for our catalog of commercial grade baking supplies.