Do you ever wonder why your sugar cookies never get crispy and spread while baking, creating one jumbo cookie? It’s not you or your oven, it’s your dough! That’s why I created this no-spread crispy sugar cookie dough recipe. It’s a no-fail recipe that works every time. It’s the best sugar cookie dough you’ll ever have!
The photo below uses this no-spread crispy sugar cookie dough recipe. I cut out the middle of the cookie and made stained glass cookies for Halloween. You can make these for any season or holiday, just use different cookie cutters. You can find the recipe here.
And, if you want more delicious cookie recipes, try these double chocolate cookies!
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What You’ll Need For This No-Spread Sugar Cookie Dough
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How To Make This Crispy Sugar Cookie Dough
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
3. Add the eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract, and mix until thoroughly combined and creamy.
4. Beat in the salt, baking powder, and corn starch.
5. Beat in the flour in ½ cup increments until a ball of dough forms and starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
6. Chill for 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
Important Recipe Notes
Cooking time depends on how you’re making the cookies. For my stained glass cookies, I baked them for 6-8 minutes. If you’re making regular sugar cookies, cook them for 10-12 minutes. Just keep checking to ensure they don’t burn.
The magic ingredient is… the corn starch! This is was prevents the dough from spreading.
Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients to prevent clumps from forming. This will give you the best cookies possible!
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No-Spread Crispy Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe
- Total Time: 30
- Yield: 2 dozen 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
This no-spread crispy sugar cookie recipe is perfectly thin and crunchy every time! An easy recipe great for decorating without the spread worry.
Ingredients
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
- Stand mixer or hand mixer (optional)
- Mixing spoon
- Silicone scraper
- 1 cup (two sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract, and mix until thoroughly combined and creamy.
- Beat in the salt, baking powder, and corn starch.
- Beat in the flour in ½ cup increments until a ball of dough forms and starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- Chill for 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 10-12
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
