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Close-up of soft sugar cookies topped with colorful rainbow sprinkles, stacked on a plate.

Soft Sugar Cookies

Melt-in-your-mouth Soft Sugar Cookies that stay tender for days — no fancy ingredients, no chilling overnight. A touch of sour cream is the secret. Perfect plain or decorated!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Course: Baking, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 160
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

🍪 For the Cookies
  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 cup Unsalted butter - Softened to room temperature
  • 1½ cups Granulated sugar
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract - Use pure for best flavor
  • ½ cup Sour cream - Full-fat preferred
✨ For Rolling
  • As needed Flour - For rolling surface
  • As needed Sugar - For coating cookies
🧁 Optional Frosting
  • 1–2 cups Powdered sugar - Adjust for thickness
  • 2–4 tablespoon Milk or cream - Start small and add as needed
  • As needed Food coloring - Optional for decorating
  • As desired Sprinkles - For decorating frosted cookies

Equipment

  • 1 Electric mixer (Hand or stand mixer)
  • 2–3 Mixing bowls (Various sizes)
  • 1 Rolling Pin (Lightly floured for rolling dough)
  • 1 Baking sheets (Line with parchment paper)
  • 1 set Cookie cutters (Any shape)
  • 1 Cooling rack (For cooling cookies evenly)
  • 1 Parchment paper (For lining trays)
  • 1 set Measuring cups & spoons (For accuracy in ingredients)

Method
 

  1. These cookies stay soft for days and are easy to prepare.
    Mixing bowl with cookie dough in progress, one egg yolk resting on top of the batter, and a whisk partially submerged.
  2. Tender sugar cookies with perfect melt-in-your-mouth texture.
    Partially mixed sugar cookie dough with two egg yolks added to the center, surrounded by flour and a whisk.
  3. No fancy tools needed – just soft, thick, delicious cookies.
    A bowl of creamy sugar cookie dough being mixed with a whisk, with flour scattered on the marble surface.
  4. keeps these sugar cookies soft and tender.
    Snowflake-shaped sugar cookies dusted with powdered sugar on a marble countertop, surrounded by metal cookie cutters and a rolling pin.
  5. Perfect for decorating or enjoying plain straight from oven.
    Freshly baked soft sugar cookies cooling on a wire rack placed over a baking sheet, with golden edges and a slightly cracked surface.

Nutrition

Serving: 40gCalories: 160kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 85mgPotassium: 45mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 150IUCalcium: 20mgIron: 0.7mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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