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Best soft and chewy sugar cookie recipe

Best Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe

This soft and chewy cookie recipe is packed with flavor and come together with just a handful of simple ingredients.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 2 dozen
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup salted butter softened*
  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 eggs one egg plus one egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 1/2 cups flour**
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  3. Add the 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, vanilla extract, and almond extract and beat until well combined.
  4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt (best if sifted).
  5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix just until combined. Do not overmix!
  6. At this point you can chill the dough for 15 minutes or so to keep them from spreading and flattening as much when baked, but if you're in a hurry you can skip this step.
  7. Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing the cookies two inches apart.
  8. Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes or until they're barely golden on the edges. Do not overbake!
  9. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

Notes

*To soften butter, I just leave the butter sticks, still wrapped, on the kitchen counter at room temperature for a couple of hours.
**Use a measuring cup to level your dry ingredients for the best results. For the flour, don’t scoop straight from the bag. Instead, spoon it into the measuring cup and level it off.