Drop Sugar Cookies Recipe
Drop Sugar Cookies are the easiest sugar cookies you’ll ever make! No cookie cutters or slicing needed. Just drop the cookie dough onto your baking sheet. You will enjoy a batch of warm, buttery vanilla cookies.
Servings: 30 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar for 2-3 minutes until fully combined. Add in egg yolks and vanilla extract, beat until fluffy.
- Add flour, baking powder, and kosher salt. The mixture will be crumbly, continue beating until a cookie dough ball forms. Stop mixing at this point.
- Using a 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop, drop cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes until edges are just starting to brown. Remove from oven. Lightly tap the tops of each cookie with a spatula. Let cool on pans for a few minutes, then cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
Notes
- Save the eggs whites to make meringue cookies or egg white omelettes!
- Store cooled sugar cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
- Freeze cookie dough or baked and cooled cookies in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
- See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 135kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 62mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 206IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg
