Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
This dough will work for slice-and-bake cookies or as a rolled dough for your favorite cookie cutters.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 cup sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon 2% reduced-fat milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 7.9 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 3/4 cups)
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Cooking spray
Nutrition Information
- calories 77
- fat 3.4 g
- satfat 1.2 g
- monofat 1.4 g
- polyfat 0.5 g
- protein 1 g
- carbohydrate 10.5 g
- fiber 0.2 g
- cholesterol 10 mg
- iron 0.3 mg
- sodium 44 mg
- calcium 9 mg
How to Make It
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Place first 3 ingredients (through oil) and 2/3 cup sugar in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add milk, vanilla, and egg. Beat until blended.
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Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating until well blended. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 350°.
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Place 1/3 cup sugar in a small bowl. Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls. Roll balls in sugar, and place 1 1/2 inches apart on large baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Flatten cookies slightly with bottom of a glass.
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Bake at 350° for 9 minutes or until set in center. Cool on pan 2 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on a wire rack.
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