Basic Drop Sugar Cookies

I love a good cookie! I generally don’t have much of a sweet tooth but there are a few that get me every time! These Sugar Cookies are one of my favorites! These are not the dry or overly sweet, they have a really nice soft inside. These are also great because they are a great recipe for a drop cookie which, lets be honest, saves a lot of time not having to roll any dough out.

I originally posted these last year about a week before Christmas but I wanted to share again because they are a great basic sugar cookie. Funny enough too just today the pins on these cookies from the original post went crazy.

makes approx 28 small cookies

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 sticks butter, room temp

1 egg

3/4 cup sugar

2 Tbsp water

1 tsp vanilla

Oven at 350 degrees.

In a small bowl mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.

In a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer, cream the butter until smooth. Add in the sugar and mix until well combined. Next add in the egg, vanilla and water and mix until light and fluffy.

Add in half the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients. Be sure not to over mix. You want the dough just combined, use a wooden spoon to incorporate any flour that didn’t get in there.

Using a small scoop, plop the cookie dough out onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.  Bake for for 10-12 minutes or until the very outer edge is lightly golden.

Allow the cookie to cool completely before decorating.

1 lb confectioners (powdered) sugar)

3 Tbsp merengue powder (wilton makes this and can be found at Michaels)

7 Tbsp warm water

In a bowl, using an electric hand mixer, combine the ingredients until smooth. If you want it any thicker simply add a tiny bit of powdered sugar, to thin it add a tiny bit of water. If you want to color the icing add the food coloring in once the mixture is well combined and you can do it using a rubber spatula. The kids love decorating these too!