Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe

Jump to RecipeRate RecipeThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.This is the perfectsoft sugar cookie recipe. Made in 1 bowl with only 6 ingredients, it is incredibly easy! The dough is easy to roll, won’t spread when baked and is soft and slightly chewy with a rich vanilla flavor.This is a completely updated rolled sugar cookie recipe. It is more like the soft, slightly chewy sugar cookies we sold in our bakery. This easy cookie bakes flat for easy decorating, won’t spread and has a wonderful flavor without any icing!In the photos I’ve decorated them with my tried and true royal icing recipe but you could use a simple powdered sugar icing, sanding sugar or leave them unadorned. These are the perfect cut-out sugar cookie to add to your holiday tray with chewy molasses cookies, peanut butter blossoms, snowball cookies, and pfeffernusse.This was originally posted in 2014, and the recipe make a soft but cakey rolled sugar cookie. It is phenomenal but not w...