Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies
This chocolate chip sugar cookie recipe has been passed down from generation to generation. It's a classic cookie recipe to have in your recipe box and perfect to make during the holidays.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1 cup salted butter room temperature
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour spoon and leveled
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Sift your powdered sugar and measure.
- Cream sugar and butter until very creamy (about 1- 2 min).
- Add egg and extracts and cream again for a minute.
- Whisk flour, baking soda and cream of tartar together in a separate bowl, then slowly add to the wet mixture and blend until just combined.
- Add your chocolate chips and blend until combined.
- Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat your oven to 375F.
- Roll dough to 3/16th inch on a lightly floured surface (don’t forget to flour your roller too).
- Use a cookie cutter (or canning lid) to cut the cookies and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 7-8 min, then let cool on the cookie sheet for several minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
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Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies Storage Instructions
Storing chocolate chip sugar cookies is easy and they taste great days later! Store your cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 7 days. *tip: if you frost them, the frosting will hold the moisture in the cookies and they will stay softer longer.Make-Ahead Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies
Freeze your chocolate chip cugar cookie dough so you can simply bake them when you need them. To freeze, simply wrap the dough in plastic wrap then pop it in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 30 days. When you're ready to bake, either thaw at room temperature for 1-2 hours, or thaw overnight in the refrigerator and pull out about 30 minutes prior to rolling out.Tips
Although this classic sugar cookie recipe is fairly simple, there are a couple tricks that make your cookies turn out much better!- Sift the sugar - sifting the sugar gives you light and fluffy cookies.
- Spoon and level the flour - this gives you the perfect amount of flour for this recipe.
- Room temperature ingredients - be sure your egg and butter are room temperature to control the spread of the cookies in the oven.
- Mini chocolate chips - using larger chocolate chips will make it very hard to roll the dough to the correct thickness.
- Chill the dough - chilling the sugar cookie dough helps control the spread. If you chill longer than an hour, be sure to pull the dough out of the fridge about 30 minutes prior to rolling so it can soften a bit.
- Cream butter and sugar - be sure to cream the sugar and butter for a good 1-2 minutes until very creamy prior to adding the egg and extracts. This gives the best texture for your chocolate chip sugar cookies.
