drop sugar cookies
Drop Sugar Cookies are the easiest sugar cookies you’ll ever make! No cookie cutters or slicing needed. Just drop the dough onto your baking sheet for warm, buttery vanilla cookies.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 1.5 cups granulated sugar
- 2 units egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoons kosher salt
Instructions
Preparation Steps
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set 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
For festive cookies, add red and green M&Ms before baking for a holiday twist.