This buttery, sugar cookie will perfectly satisfy all of your cookie cravings for the holiday’s!

Best Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe

As we hustle through the holiday’s, these Chewy Sugar Cookies will slow you right down. After one bite, you’ll realize it’s an experience you want to slowly take in. The problem is the last bite… it’s impossible to stop at just one cookie!

These sugar cookies are a classic! They are so easy to make with just a few pantry ingredients. For something so simple, they sure pack a lot of comfort. When it’s hard to decide which Christmas cookies to make, choose this one. It will impress your guests every time!

If you are putting a tray together, make sure to include an assortment of Gingersnap Cookies, Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge, Peanut Brittle, and 2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cup Cookies!

What You’ll Need:

• 2 3/4 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 cup Butter, Softened
• 1 1/2 cups Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 2 tsp Vanilla

How to Make Chewy Sugar Cookies

• In a medium size bowl, whisk together 2 3/4 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, and 1/2 tsp salt until well combined.
• In a separate large bowl, cream together 1 cup softened butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and 2 tsp vanilla.
• Slowly combine dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until dough forms. Cover and refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and add 1/2 cup sugar to a small bowl.
• Scoop 1 inch balls of cookie dough and generously roll into the sugar. Place onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving room between the cookies to spread.
• Refrigerate dough between batches.
• Bake 9-11 minutes. Sprinkle additional sugar onto tops of the cookies as soon as they are removed from the oven.

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Chewy Sugar Cookies, this buttery, sugar cookie will perfectly satisfy all of your cookie cravings for the holiday's!

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 cup Butter, Softened
• 1 1/2 cups Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 2 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

1. In a medium size bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
2. In a separate large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Slowly combine dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until dough forms. Cover and refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and add 1/2 cup sugar to a small bowl.
5. Scoop 1 inch balls of cookie dough and generously roll into the sugar. Place onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving room between the cookie to spread.
6. Refrigerate dough between batches.
7. Bake 9-11 minutes. Sprinkle additional sugar onto tops of the cookies as soon as athey are removed from the oven.