Old Fashioned Jumbo Sugar Cookies

Old Fashioned Jumbo Sugar Cookies

These old fashioned sugar cookies are jumbo, heavily coated in sugar and delicious! The crackly parts of the cookie are reminiscent of a bakery cookie loaded with coarse sanding sugar. My kids loved these jumbo sugar cookies and they make a great lunchbox treat, too! For some extra fun, try using colored sanding sugars to match different holidays or school colors for a special event. You may also love Funfetti Sugar Cookies and Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies.

You may need:

Sanding Sugar

Old Fashioned Jumbo Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients

  

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
• ¼ cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened
• 2 large eggs
• Sanding sugar for sprinkling

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl; set aside.
• Put sugars and lemon zest in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
• Mix on medium speed 30 seconds.
• Add butter; mix until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute. Mix in eggs, 1 at a time. Reduce speed; gradually add flour mixture, and mix until just combined.
• Scoop dough using a 2-inch ice cream scoop; space cookies 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten cookies slightly with a spatula. Sprinkle tops with sanding sugar, then lightly brush with a wet pastry brush; sprinkle with more sanding sugar.
• Bake cookies until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks using a spatula; let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

recipe adapted from Martha