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The BEST Vanilla Sugar Cookie Recipe

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Everyone loves cookies, right? I’m seriously a cookie fanatic! I love them all, chocolate chip, chocolate chocolate, snickerdoodles, peanut butter, macarons, macaroons, shortbread, danish butter cookies, etc.. But what about sugar cookies? It’s always confused me that there are so many variations of sugar cookies! There are rolled out and cut and frosted sugar cookies (classic holiday), there are flattened with a cup and frosted sugar cookies (swig or lofthouse), and there are these: classic, sweet, soft, with an outside crunch of deliciousness sugar cookies.

easy delicious vanilla sugar cookie recipe

These are seriously my new go to treats. SO quick and easy, fulfilling all that I’m looking for when I’m craving something sweet. Once I finalized which recipe I liked best (there were like 4 variations until I was happy) I tried rolling them in sugar and then rolling them in VANILLA SUGAR before squishing and baking. NO DOUBT they are good cookies rolled in regular sugar, even in sugar crystals, but OH MY WORD they are DIVINE in the vanilla sugar (and so pretty with the flecks of vanilla beans)

sweet and crunchy vanilla sugar cookies

vanilla bean sugar cookies

The BEST vanilla Sugar Cookie Recipe

These sugar cookies are rolled in vanilla sugar before being baked and they taste
4.41 from 5 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
Servings: 35 cookies
Calories: 117kcal
Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

  • 1/2 C butter
  • 1/2 C shortening
  • 1 C granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/4 C all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2/3 C vanilla sugar
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy
  • add egg and vanilla, mix well
  • combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt - add to the butter mixture
  • shape into 1 inch balls, roll in the vanilla sugar, flatten with glass
  • Bake for 11-13 mins

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Nutrition

Serving: 0g | Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 59mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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Kay, what are you waiting for? run to the kitchen and break out a batch of these bad boys! oh and I’d love to hear, what is YOUR favorite cookie? Clearly I need a few more cookie recipes to add to my cookie rotation!

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best soft vanilla sugar cookies

a sweet crunchy cookie that bakes up quickly and everyone loves. Roll in vanilla sugar for an extra boost in the flavor
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  1. Rose | RoseBakes.com

    January 16, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    I can’t wait to try these! Pinning now!

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      February 5, 2016 at 10:21 pm

      I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

      Reply
  2. Mandi

    February 12, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    My new favorite sugar cookie recipe! Bless you again, Ash! It’s the perfect amount and by far the simplest sugar cookie recipe I’ve ever tried, plus you weren’t lying! Soft on the inside with a light crispy outside! Boo yah!

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      March 1, 2016 at 7:43 pm

      YAY! so glad to hear you like it! I certainly have never tried any others

      Reply
  3. Diana

    December 10, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    4 stars
    I made these last night. They are a little crispy. But, a light crisp. They are very good. I haven’t had a good sugar cookie in a long time, until now. Thank you for the recipe. 👧. 👍

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      January 6, 2020 at 9:51 am

      So glad you liked them!

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