Sugar cookies are so easy to dress up with frosting or serve just as they come out of the oven. Making them the perfect cookie to send off to school and work for lunches or to share with friends and family. You will find that Quick and Easy Sugar Cookies will come to your rescue time and time again. On their own, these cookies are tender and chewy, not too sweet and so easy to make. And they are the perfect recipe to bake for kids (of all ages!) and with kids, as a fun bake together activity.
Need a bit of a fancier dessert?
If you are looking for a bit more sweetness they make a wonderful sandwich cookie with a bit of buttercream frosting or strawberry jam in the middle! Quick and Easy Sugar Cookies like all sugar cookie recipes are primarily flavored by sugar, eggs, butter and vanilla. That wonderful flavor makes them a perfect mate to just about any serving idea you might have...
This recipe calls for White Whole Wheat Flour. While this might not be in your kitchen pantry currently, White Whole Wheat Flour is a natural strain of grain and the perfect way to introduce your family to whole grain treats. While these cookies are a good beginning recipe to get the family to enjoy whole wheat baked goods, they can also be made with regular whole wheat flour!
I have never been a "roll and cut" sugar cookie baker!
Sugar cookies might be the one cookie with many different personalities. In many homes sugar cookies are rolled out like pie crust and cut into fun shapes. Roll and Cut sugar cookies usually have a crispy texture. Another presentation is to pinch off pieces of dough, roll into a ball and then roll in sugar before baking. These sugar cookies have a crackle-y outside when first bake and soften upon storage. While this third version is by far the easiest (making it my favorite!), a simple drop cookie. Personally I love the dimpled tops...
Some additional thoughts on this recipe:
When dropped and baked, the dimpled tops are great to catch a pour on glaze for extra flavor, such as a coffee glaze or even a chocolate one. Let dry before placing on a serving platter.
When rolled into balls and flattened, the flatter surface is perfect to pipe on a frosting decoration, such as a bow or flower to dress them up a bit. (just like roll and cut cookies!)
And of course, these tender cookies would make great sandwich cookies with a bit of frosting in the middle. A cream cheese frosting comes to mind...
And my favorite fall back for delicious added flavor, roll in vanilla sugar before baking, so much aroma when they come out of the oven!
Ingredients
needed for this recipe:
- white whole wheat flour
- butter
- sugar
- salt
- vanilla
- baking powder
- milk
- measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- mixing bowl
- hand mixer
- baking sheet
Now
we are ready to begin!
Whole Grain Quick and Easy Sugar Cookies
adapted from: hillbilly housewife
375-degree oven
adapted from: hillbilly housewife
375-degree oven
UPDATED: 11.23.2023
1/2 c butter, softened
1 c sugar
1 T milk
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1/2 t salt, rounded slightly
1 t baking powder
1 1/2 c White Whole Wheat Flour, or Pastry Grind Whole Wheat Flour
additional sugar for rolling into balls, if desired
Cream together the butter, sugar, milk, vanilla, when blended well, add egg and beat until creamy.
1/2 c butter, softened
1 c sugar
1 T milk
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1/2 t salt, rounded slightly
1 t baking powder
1 1/2 c White Whole Wheat Flour, or Pastry Grind Whole Wheat Flour
additional sugar for rolling into balls, if desired
Cream together the butter, sugar, milk, vanilla, when blended well, add egg and beat until creamy.
Add the salt, baking powder, and approximately 1/2 of the flour, beat well. Add remaining flour, mix in completely leaving no dry pockets, and no wet pockets.
Drop by small spoonful's onto a prepared cookie/baking sheet.
Bake 8 - 10 minutes, or until done in your oven.
Note: You may also roll the spoons of dough into balls and roll them in sugar before baking, if desired.
Let cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, remove to a wire rake or clean toweling to cool completely. Makes 18-24 cookies depending on size.
Storage options for Quick and Easy Sugar Cookies. Store in a tightly covered container for up to a week. You may freeze the baked cookies. Thaw before serving.
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Printable "copy and paste" version:
Whole Grain Quick and Easy Sugar Cookies
adapted from: hillbilly housewife
375-degree oven
adapted from: hillbilly housewife
375-degree oven
UPDATED: 11.23.2023
1/2 c butter, softened
1 c sugar
1 T milk
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1/2 t salt, rounded slightly
1 t baking powder
1 1/2 c White Whole Wheat Flour, or Pastry Grind Whole Wheat Flour
additional sugar for rolling into balls, if desired
Cream together the butter, sugar, milk, vanilla, when blended well, add egg and beat until creamy.
Add the salt, baking powder, and approximately 1/2 of the flour, beat well. Add remaining flour, mix in completely leaving no dry pockets, and no wet pockets.
Drop by small spoonful's onto a prepared cookie/baking sheet.
Bake 8 - 10 minutes, or until done in your oven.
Note: You may also roll the spoons of dough into balls and roll them in sugar before baking, if desired.
Let cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, remove to a wire rake or clean toweling to cool completely. Makes 18-24 cookies depending on size.
1/2 c butter, softened
1 c sugar
1 T milk
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1/2 t salt, rounded slightly
1 t baking powder
1 1/2 c White Whole Wheat Flour, or Pastry Grind Whole Wheat Flour
additional sugar for rolling into balls, if desired
Cream together the butter, sugar, milk, vanilla, when blended well, add egg and beat until creamy.
Add the salt, baking powder, and approximately 1/2 of the flour, beat well. Add remaining flour, mix in completely leaving no dry pockets, and no wet pockets.
Drop by small spoonful's onto a prepared cookie/baking sheet.
Bake 8 - 10 minutes, or until done in your oven.
Note: You may also roll the spoons of dough into balls and roll them in sugar before baking, if desired.
Let cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes, remove to a wire rake or clean toweling to cool completely. Makes 18-24 cookies depending on size.
Storage options for Quick and Easy Sugar Cookies. Store in a tightly covered container for up to a week. You may freeze the baked cookies. Thaw before serving.
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These look good!
ReplyDeleteThey are quite good and for some reason make me smile with their old time-y goodness.
DeleteSuch a nice simple recipe to keep on hand and whip up a quick batch of old fashioned cookies.
DeleteI agree!
DeleteI haven't had sugar cookies for a long time. I may need to bake them during this quarantine time.
ReplyDeleteRight now we are busy Camp Hosting here in Montana, I haven't baked is a while myself. I enjoy these and it only makes a small batch, so it is easy to have fresh cookies in a matter of minutes.
DeleteThanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedLinkParty 101. Shared.
ReplyDeleteDee, thanks so much!
DeleteThose look yummy!
ReplyDeleteJoanne, they are as good as they are easy! Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it.
DeleteThey look really good, and I really like that you don't have to go to all the trouble to roll them and cut them! That's always what keeps me away from sugar cookies. ;) Visiting from Grammy's Grid Unlimited LinkUp.
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer, they are pretty good, I too am not a roller and cutter kind of cookie baker!
DeleteAnd now I want cookies!
ReplyDeleteHi Marg, just so you know, they are good "keepers"...
DeleteI sure do like quick and easy! sugar cookies sound like a winning idea to me!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your recipe at the Homestead Blog Hop
Laurie
Laurie, thanks for stopping by, and thanks for hosting, I appreciate it!
DeleteIt is cookie season! Thank you for bringing your recipe to Fiesta Friday.
ReplyDeleteLiz, thank you and thanks for hosting Fiesta Friday!
DeleteIt's cookie time of year! Thanks for sharing at the What's for Dinner party! Have a fabulous week.
ReplyDeleteHelen, you are very welcome, thank you so much for hosting What's for Supper!
DeleteThese cookies sound wonderful! Always a pleasure having you join us at The Crazy Little Love Birds link party. We get to visit and see these yummy recipes! I hope you will join us again this Friday. :)
ReplyDeleteStephanie, you are so welcome, and thank you for hosting such a wonderful link party, I appreciate it!
DeleteWe are busy thinking as to which cookies with be on our Annual Christmas Baking list for this year. Will have to share this one with our daughter and it may well make the list. Thanks Melynda
ReplyDeleteEsme, thank you!
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