For my foods week 10 assignment, I decided to make sugar cookies. I decided to make these cookies in particular, because a year or two ago I needed to make some sort of food for something (a school event, maybe) and I found this recipe online. They turned out to be pretty good, and the recipe didn’t require many ingredients/the ones it did need were things that you would have on a regular basis. Perfect for Covid! They’ve been my go to cookies ever since.
**Note: I’ve discovered that replacing the butter with coconut oil, you get some pretty good lactose-free coconut cookies!
When I made these in the past, I would put some drops of food colouring into the dough when I was done making it to add a bit of colour. The first time I did this I just wanted the cookies to be coloured, but when I mixed it, it didn’t turn the dough blue (or whatever colour I was using), it made speckles of that colour evenly throughout the dough which looked even better! This time, I was contemplating doing that, but I decided to sprinkle some cinnamon on top of them at the end (as you’ll see in the pictures).
I didn’t have to change much to the recipe, but I did have to substitute the vanilla extract with almond extract, which, I discovered today, is a thing. It gave the cookies a nice almond-y flavour, and I think I will stick to this substitute in the future. In the end, the cookies turn out great. Nicely browned, and just chewy enough. Next time I would like to mix cinnamon into the sugar and butter at the beginning. I think that would make them taste even better.
INGREDIENTS
-2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
-1 cup butter, softened
-1 1/2 cups white sugar
-1 egg
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract**or almond extract
RECIPE
-Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
-In a small bowl mix flour, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
-In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
-Beat in egg and vanilla.
-Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
-Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
-Bake 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.
-Ya done.
