Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients:

  • 4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 250 g butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs

Directions:

  1. Bring your butter to room temperature first (softened but not melted).
  2. Beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time beating well. Add vanilla essence and mix through. Add dry ingredients and mix to combine.
  3. Separate into 3 equal parts, wrap in glad wrap (plastic food wrap) and refrigerat for at least 3 hours (best over night), can be left in fridge for up to 3 days, and can be frozen like this for up to a month.
  4. After it has been chilled, pre heat oven to 180c knead to soften slightly and roll out on a floured board. Cut into desired shapes and bake until just starting to turn colour (for a soft cookie) or until golden (for a crunchy cookie).
  5. These are so easy -
  6. Then ice any which way you want.
  7. Can be stored in an air tight container for up to a week.
  8. You can also add different flavouring instead of the vanilla eg lemon juice and zest, almond extract, cinnamon, etc etc.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 160.56 Kcal (672 kJ)
Calories from fat 75.26 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.36g 13%
Cholesterol 21.64mg 7%
Sodium 366.99mg 15%
Potassium 59.22mg 1%
Total Carbs 19.58g 7%
Sugars 4.44g 18%
Dietary Fiber 1.66g 7%
Protein 2.25g 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1mg 6%
Calcium 58.3mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 431.84 Kcal (1808 kJ)
Calories from fat 202.42 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.49g 13%
Cholesterol 58.19mg 7%
Sodium 987.02mg 15%
Potassium 159.27mg 1%
Total Carbs 52.66g 7%
Sugars 11.95g 18%
Dietary Fiber 4.47g 7%
Protein 6.06g 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 2%
Iron 2.7mg 6%
Calcium 156.8mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.6
    Points
  • 4
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

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