Best No-Roll Sugar Cookies

  • Prep 55 min
  • Total 1 hr 5 min
  • Servings 48

Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 egg
  • 2 1/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • Colored sugar or granulated sugar

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper; set aside.
  • 2
    In large bowl, beat 1 cup granulated sugar and butter with electric mixer on low speed or with spoon until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla, nutmeg and egg. Stir in flour and baking soda. Shape dough by teaspoonfuls into balls. Place 2 inches apart on lined cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
  • 3
    Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Store covered in airtight container.

  • Baking on parchment paper not only ensures that your cookies don’t stick to your pan—it also makes cleanup a breeze. Just be sure to buy parchment and not wax paper, as the latter will melt.
  • If you bake cookies often, have at least 3 or 4 cookie sheets, so as you bake 1 sheet, you can get another one ready to go.
  • Whether you’re a weekly baker or a once-a-year baker, a cookie scoop is a small but mighty investment in your kitchen equipment arsenal. Using a cookie scoop helps you make equally sized cookies so that they bake evenly, and the spring action helps pop them out onto the cookie sheet without a mess.
  • Homemade no-roll sugar cookies allow you to adapt your treats to your tastes. This recipe calls for nutmeg, but you could also try substituting another spice in the same amount. Or, if you’re baking for a special occasion that’s associated with certain colors (like red and green at Christmas or your school’s colors for a graduation party), you can bring those into the mix with colored sugars!

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
80
Calories from Fat
35
Total Fat
4 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Cholesterol
15 mg
Sodium
40 mg
Potassium
10 mg
Total Carbohydrate
10 g
Dietary Fiber
0g
Protein
1 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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