This no-chill sugar cookie dough comes together quickly and perfect for decorating. Great for holidays and cookie-cutter friendly. Kids love to decorate these sugar cookies almost as much as eating! Soft with a slight chew, these sugar cookies will be part of your recipe box for years to come!

And a quick sidenote: I remember when my grandma would bake cookies around Christmas, she always created a LOT of cookies but her trick was to have very simple ingredients and instructions for her to create the biggest impact. As I sift through her cookie recipes, many of these cookies have 5 ingredients or less and can be found in the pantry most days out of the year. For me, it’s a similar feeling! I appreciate the “on-hand” ingredients especially for those days when I’m simply celebrating today. Grandma was already hacking the cookie game, and I bet she knew all along.

Easy Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup room-temp butter (2 sticks)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
I teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
2. Mix sugar and butter in a standing mixer (handmixer works too – whatever you have!)
3. Add egg and vanilla to sugar/butter.
4. Add in flour and baking powder.
5. Mix until just combined and roll out on lightly-floured surface.
6. Roll to 1/4 thickness or so and cut out shapes. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets.
7. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove sugar cookies from oven and let cool completely before decorating.