Mini Sugar Cookies Recipe
Mini sugar cookies rolled in sugar before baking.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 36 minutes
- Total Time: 111 minutes
- Yield: About 90 mini cookies
- Category: Cookies
Ingredients
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- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter softened but still cool to the touch
- ½ cup (115g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (60g) powdered sugar
- ½ cup (108g) canola or vegetable oil
- 1¼ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 large egg
- 2⅓ cups (291g) all purpose flour spooned and leveled
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup (173g) granulated sugar , divided (for rolling and sprinkling)
Instructions
- Prep Oven & Pans: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line three baking sheets with parchment paper. Read the notes below before proceeding.
- Wet Mix: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar. Add the oil, beating until combined, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add egg and both extracts. It might look a little curdled; that’s OK.
- Dry Mix: In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat until combined, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
- Sugar Roll: Set aside ¼ cup of sugar for topping. Place ½ cup sugar in a wide, flat container. Scoop the dough into 2-teaspoon portions (I scoop a heaping portion with a 1-teaspoon cookie scoop) and drop the dough balls into the sugar container. Gently shake to coat.
- Flatten & Bake: Place the dough balls a couple inches apart on the prepared baking sheets (I do about 30 dough balls per sheet). Use a cookie stamp or the bottom of a glass to flatten each dough ball.
- Bake: Bake for 9-12 minutes until the cookies have puffed and are beginning to set around the edges (they will crisp up as they cool).
- Cool & Top: Place the pans on wire racks and immediately sprinkle the tops with some of the reserved sugar. Cool completely before storing.
Notes
Preparation, total time and any batch-cooking or cooling allowances are estimates, not kitchen-tested timings. Follow the per-tray baking range and doneness cues in the instructions. Allow all stated chilling, freezing and cooling time; larger portions and extra oven batches may take longer. The total-time allowance includes approximately 30 minutes for resting, chilling, setting or cooling; some tasks can overlap.