Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies - My Recipe Treasures (2024)

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Melt in Your Mouth Sugar cookies are one of my very most favorite cookies. I love to make these Melt in your mouth sugar cookies because they are a little crunchy around the edges and soft and chewy in the middle, making them the best of both worlds.

You can roll them in sugar or even frost them if you want. I like them with a good butter cream frosting, but I like frosting on most things. Also if you are doing a plate of goodies for the neighbors, you could always make it a little more festive by rolling them in red or green sugar. If not, plain sugar is delicious as well.

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So I am really glad to say that my computer is working, yesterday my daughter found her 3 year old on my computer. She was having a good time changing the settings.

Now there is one thing about me, and that is, please do not change my computer or I am in big trouble. Lucky for me she had just made everything 400 times bigger.

I guess she must have known that I am getting a bit older and I do have a hard time seeing things. Ha ha. What in the world would we do without these little ones to keep us on our toes? I just wish that they would share some of their energy with grandma.

What Ingredients Do I Need For Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies?

Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make these cookies (scroll down for the full recipe):

  • Sugar
  • Powdered sugar
  • Butter
  • Eggs
  • Vegetable oil
  • Cream of tartar
  • Flour
  • Salt
  • Baking soda
  • Vanilla

How Do I Make Melt In Your Mouth Sugar Cookies?

Here’s the simple steps you’ll follow to make these cookies (scroll down for the full recipe):

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine both sugars, butter, and oil. mix until nice and fluffy.
  • Then add the eggs, cream of tartar, flour, salt, baking soda, and the vanilla. Mix everything together well.
  • Chill for about 3 hours. (Can make and chill overnight).
  • Roll the dough into 1-2″ balls, roll the dough balls in sugar and place a couple of inches apart onto a baking sheet.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

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The other funny thing was that I was practicing a few songs with some kids that are doing a nativity this Saturday at my church where we will be having a breakfast. One thing I must tell you is that I can play the piano very little. So I was playing with the top hand only and I didn’t have my glasses, so really I was just playing by ear! Ha ha.

One kid said to me, do you think that we should find someone else to play the piano? It was funny! I was thinking, that is for sure!!! We had a good time anyway. I look forward to watching their cute little nativity.

The kids did enjoy the melt in your mouth sugar cookies. I think that they think that I am a better cook than piano player! I love this time of year. May you all be blessed and may we remember how blessed we all are.

Why Do I Need to Chill the Cookie Dough For Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies?

  • Thedough will be so much easier to work with.
  • It will roll out nicely, and if you’remakingcut-outs,chilled doughwill help you get clean, sharp edges.
  • Baking your cookies when the dough is really cold helps keep your sugar cookies from spreading and losing their shape while baking.

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Another cool thing, the other day, I was going through some of my old recipes. There was a newspaper dated November 1980. Now for some of you that may seem like yesterday and for some of you I am sure that you are thinking that 1980 was back in the olden days.

For me, the olden days were when they didn’t have indoor plumbing or running water. Boy are we all blessed or what? My kids pitch a fit when the light bulbs go out! Ha ha, or if the thermostat reads 69 degrees in the winter and 77 degrees in the summer.

What are Sugar Cookies?

  • A sugar cookie is a cookie with the main ingredients being sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda.
  • Sugar cookies may be formed by hand or rolled and cut into shapes.
  • They are commonly decorated with additional sugar, icing, sprinkles, or a combination of these.

Any way, this recipe that I have been making for years won a grand prize in a cookie contest. Also, my great Aunt had a recipe in the newspaper that she had gotten a 3rd prize on. I can’t wait to try them. She has passed away now, but I love recipes and stories from my ancestors.

Whatever it is, we are very blessed and we know that we could go to the neighbors if we had a problem, or if we needed something, there would be a lot of people at our door asking if they could help. I am so glad to live in such wonderful neighborhood around such amazing people.

That is one reason I love blogging. I hope that in some small way, I am helping some people out there. Simplifying their lives by posting recipes that taste good and that work great for my family, and I hope they work great for your families too.

Tips and tricks for Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies:

  • In place of the vegetable oil, try coconut.
  • You can make this dough a few days ahead of time.
  • When I am taking these cookies somewhere extra special, I add some frosting the color that suits the event.

More Delicious Cookies For You:

Copycat Crumbl Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies

Home Made Oreos

Coconut Lime Swig Cookies

Soft Ginger Snaps

Honey Cookies

Yield: 48 cookies

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Melt in your Mouth Sugar cookies are perfect for any time of year, but these melt in your mouth cookies are perfect for Christmas.

Prep Time10 minutes

Cook Time10 minutes

Additional Time3 hours

Total Time3 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine both sugars, butter, and oil. mix until nice and fluffy.
  2. Then add the eggs, cream of tartar, flour, salt, baking soda, and the vanilla. Mix everything together well.
  3. Chill for about 3 hours. (Can make and chill overnight).
  4. Roll the dough into 1-2" balls, roll the dough balls in sugar and place a couple of inches apart onto a baking sheet.
  5. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Nutrition Information

Yield

48

Serving Size

1

Amount Per ServingCalories 140Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 18mgSodium 82mgCarbohydrates 14gFiber 0gSugar 6gProtein 1g

This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix

Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies - My Recipe Treasures (2024)

FAQs

What does tartar do for sugar cookies? ›

What Does Cream of Tartar Do in Cookies? Cream of tartar makes cookies chewy, as it precludes the sugar in the dough from crystalizing, which would lead to crispiness (ie: the opposite of chewiness).

Why do my sugar cookies spread and lose their shape? ›

When your oven temperature is too high the fats in the cookie dough will melt much faster than they would with the normal baking temperature. This means that before the dough has time to bake and set the butter as spread out already and you will end up with flat and shapeless cookies.

How do I keep my sugar cookies from getting hard? ›

Putting a slice of fresh white bread in the container with the cookies will help the cookies stay soft: fresh bread is moist, and that slice will give up its moisture for the greater good: keeping the cookies from drying out. We recommend white bread so that no flavor is transferred to the cookies.

Why did my thumbprint cookies spread? ›

Mixing Butter & Sugar

If your butter is under mixed, it won't have the air pockets to hold it's shape. If it's over-mixed, the air pockets decrease in size and are unable to hold their shape in the oven—causing your cookies to spread. It's best to cream butter and sugar on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes.

What happens if you don t put cream of tartar in sugar cookies? ›

Adding it to cake or cookie batters prevents sugar from banding together and crystallizing, meaning that it results in more of a tender chew—snickerdoodles and sugar cookies wouldn't be the same without cream of tartar. The same effect is why it's added to some frostings and syrups, where it helps keep things smooth.

What is a substitute for tartar in sugar cookies? ›

The Best Substitute for Cream of Tartar

For every 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar in the recipe, use 1 teaspoon lemon juice or white vinegar. As an example, if your cookie recipe calls for 1 teaspoon baking soda, add 2 teaspoons lemon juice instead of the cream of tartar.

Do you have to refrigerate sugar cookie dough before baking? ›

Chilling the dough is a key step in making sugar cookies, especially when you're making cut-outs. Even if you're tight on time, make sure to get the dough in the fridge, or even the freezer, even if it's only for a little while. Skip this step, and the dough will be sticky, and much harder to work with.

What does baking powder do in sugar cookies? ›

Baking powder is a two-in-one chemical leavening that combines a powdered alkali (sodium bicarbonate) with a powdered acid (originally, tartaric acid). When moistened in a dough or batter, a chemical reaction takes place that produces carbon dioxide gas, inflating cookies, cakes, and pancakes.

Do you grease a cookie sheet for sugar cookies? ›

Should I grease my cookie sheets? Unless the recipe tells you to grease the cookie sheet, resist the impulse. The extra grease causes cookie dough (which already contains a lot of fat) to spread. If you're concerned about cookies sticking, line the cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone non-stick mat.

What is the secret ingredient to keep cookies soft? ›

Cornstarch Is The Secret To Soft And Chewy Cookies.

How do bakeries keep their cookies soft? ›

Light corn syrup is sometimes used in specialist cakes and confectioneries to help keep baked products soft and doughy for longer.

What does cornstarch do in cookies? ›

Cornstarch does kind of incredible things to cookies. I mean not only does it give them soft centers, prevents them from spreading, and makes them somewhat thick (in a good way), but it also contributes to the chewiness factor, which, in my opinion, is the most important cookie attribute.

How to stop sugar cookies from spreading? ›

Chilling cookie dough helps prevent spreading. The colder the dough, the less the cookies will over-spread into greasy puddles. You'll have thicker, sturdier, and more solid cookies. Whenever I make cookies, I plan ahead and chill the cookie dough overnight.

How to get sugar cookies to keep their shape? ›

My tips are:
  1. Always use unsalted butter. Salted butter contains more water than unsalted. ...
  2. Chill your dough before rolling out, as this will help prevent warping of the shape when transferring to your baking sheet. Once on the sheet, freeze for 10 mins before baking.
  3. Bake your cookies at at least 190C.
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What happens if you leave cream of tartar out of a recipe? ›

You can also simply leave out the cream of tartar from a recipe, which may result in baked goods that are not as fluffy, but will still work out and taste good.

Does cream of tartar help cookies rise? ›

Cream of tartar (COT) is used as a leavening agent in baked goods, helping cakes and cookies expand and rise in the oven.

What helps sugar cookies keep their shape? ›

Bake cookies on parchment paper: Sometimes greasing a baking sheet can cause sugar cookies to spread. Instead, use parchment paper to prevent sticking and help the cookies keep their shape. Don't let the dough get warm. Notice the dough needs to be chilled for at least 2 hours.

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