Real Recipes: Baking Day: Cookies!

I spent the afternoon baking. I made up three different cookies, but only baked two before my back said “Enough!” lol.

Baking Day Tip: Set out all your refrigerated ingredients before you begin so they can come to room temperature.

The first is my favorite sugar cookie. They are simple yet just delicious. The hint of nutmeg is subtle, but really makes them special. I got the recipe from Betty Crocker.

No-Roll Sugar Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1 egg
2 1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
sugar for rolling

Cream butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla, nutmeg and egg. Stir in flour and baking soda. Shape dough into balls, and roll balls in shallow bowl of sugar. Place on parchment lined baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until set.

Aren’t they cute? But how do they taste?

It’s a thumbs up! And yes, my boys are naked 24/7, 365. :P

The next recipe I got from Bakingblonde’s site. It’s a great source of good recipes and she gives honest opinions of the results. These cookies are good, but the peanut butter flavor is not strong enough for me.

Peanut Butter Crinkle Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup powdered sugar (or more as needed for rolling)

Cream butter and peanut butter. Beat in sugar and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Gently add to creamed mixture. Chill dough for 10-20 minutes. Roll into balls and roll balls in powdered sugar. Place on parchment lined baking sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until set.