The Best Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Thick chewy centers with soft edges, these cookies are the best!
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, softened don't let your butter get too soft, 10-20 minutes on your countertop should do it
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg cold, from the fridge
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add egg and vanilla to the butter/sugar and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients until well Incorporated.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing as you go, until the dough has formed.
- Pull golfball size pieces of dough off, rolling into round balls, making about 14-15 balls.
- Divide the cookie balls between 2 parchment lined baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between each one.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes, until the cookies puff up.
- Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Store these cookies in an airtight container.