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These crispy sugar cookies have perfectly golden edges and a delicate crunch underneath, while staying soft in the middle. Simple yet irresistible, they’re perfect for any occasion and sure to be a crowd favorite!
I like to shop at estate sales, and I always look for cookbooks and other recipe collections. At one sale, I purchased a vintage tea cart and in its drawer there was a notebook full of handwritten recipes!
This recipe for crispy sugar cookies was one of the first that I had to try. I made some minor changes to the recipe after testing several batches.
The ingredient list for these sugar cookies is simple and the dough is so smooth and tender. For cookies that are still soft and chewy in the middle, use a generous amount of dough and don’t flatten them much. For crispy cookies, use slightly less dough.
Ingredients needed for Crispy Sugar Cookies
- granulated sugar
- powdered sugar-this makes the dough so soft, but also a bit wet, so chilling is a must
- butter-this was listed as margarine in the handwritten recipe, but I will always use butter
- oil-use either canola or vegetable oil for the most neutral taste
- eggs
- vanilla
- baking soda
- cream of tartar-another reason for the pillowy soft dough
- salt
- flour
Instructions
Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This takes longer than you might think it should-at least four minutes. The color will get the lighter as well.
Add the oil, eggs and vanilla and mix well. Finally, with the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients one at a time until mixed. Chill the dough for at least one hour.
Roll into balls at least 2” around (about 2 heaping Tbsp each) and place on a cookie sheet. Press each cookie ball down until it’s ½” thick with a glass dipped in granulated sugar. It should still be about 2” wide.
Ideally, you don’t want the edges to be higher than the center-the cookies should be perfectly even all the way across. Try to use a glass that’s 2″ across the bottom and then don’t press the dough out beyond the edges of the glass.
The tray pictured below was from an early batch that got flattened a little too much. Oops! 🙂 They will still taste good, they just aren’t as pretty.
Bake at 375 for 9-10 minutes. Remove from oven and leave on the pan at least 5 minutes to finish baking. Cool on wire racks.
Crispy Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 cups flour
Instructions
- 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 cup butterCream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy (at least 4 minutes.)
- 1 cup oil, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanillaAdd in the oil and eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp cream of tartar, ½ tsp salt, 4 cups flourWith the mixer on low, add the rest of the ingredients one at a time until mixed.
- Chill the dough for at least an hour so it can be rolled into balls easily.
- Roll into balls at least 2” around (about 2 heaping Tbsp each) and place on a cookie sheet.
- Press each cookie ball down until it’s ½” thick with the bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar. The cookie dough circle should still be about 2” wide.
- Bake at 375 for 9-10 minutes. Remove from oven and leave on the pan at least 5 minutes to finish baking. Cool on wire racks.
Notes
Nutrition
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