Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookies
These rich cookies are soft and tender inside with crisper edges, along with the predominant flavours of vanilla and almond.
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup butter, cold and cubed
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and cornstarch. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and almond extracts and continue beating until all incorporated.
- On low speed, slowly add the flour mixture in three batches, beating until just combined, scraping down the sides between additions. Do not overbeat.
- The dough will be crumbly. Using your hands knead the dough into a ball.
- Using only half the dough, roll to ¼ inch thickness on floured surface.
- Cut into shapes using floured cookie cutters. Place on parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Place entire cookie sheet in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Transfer cookies from freezer straight into the preheated oven.
- Bake for 9 -10 minutes for large cookies and 7-8 minutes for smaller cookies. (watch your first batch of cookies closely to get the timing right for the size of cookies you are making).
- Let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to cooling racks to cool completely.
- Store at room temperature in air tight container.