HOW TO MAKE TASTY’S BEST SUGAR COOKIES

[Music]everyone today I’ll be trying to makethe best sugar cookies by tasty this ismy first time making sugar cookies and Ithink it went pretty wellso I hope you enjoy the video don’tforget to Like comment and subscribeall right so in a large bowl add threesticks of softened butter[Music]okay so apparently I didn’t sell myselfput in the cream cheese but I addedthree tablespoons of softened creamcheese then I added one cup and a halfof sugar i creamed all of this togetherwith an electric mixer on high for aboutfive minutesI kept this up until it was nice andfluffy and most of the sugar wasdissolvedI made sure to scrape down the sidesthroughout the entire process after thatI added in an egg two egg yolks oneteaspoon of vanilla extract and one halfteaspoon of almond extractthen I mixed it all together until wellcombined[Music]all right now it’s time to add the dryingredients so I added 1 TSP of salt 2teaspoons of cream of tartar and 1/2teaspoon of baking powder then I added 3and 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour oh andmake sure you sift it all in fold theflour into the wet ingredients[Music]all right when you folded it enough layto the point where you don’t think flouris going to get everywhere it’s time touse the hand mixer againthen mix it on low with the hand mixerbut if you’re like me you’ll getimpatient and switch it on high whichyou are not supposed to dodo not over mix the dough you just wantto do it until it’s well combined andwhen you’re finished with that it’s timeto put it in plastic wrapyes so when I tasted the dough it didn’ttaste like Pillsbury because that’s whatwe used to do we never made homemadesugar cookies we would just you know buyPillsbury sugar cookies so when I tastedthe dump it didn’t taste like that and Ithought there was something wrong withit but apparently there is nothing wrongwith it it was perfectly fine it’sperfectly fine I just think sugarcookies aren’t that sweet and that’sbecause you put the icing on it but Ididn’t figure that out until lateronce you have it wrapped nicely tightlet it chill in the fridge for up to twohours or you could leave it in there forthree to four dayswhen you’re ready to bake preheat theoven to 350 degrees take your dough outof the fridge and let it sit in roomtemperature for a few minutes and I knowyou snack that’s what I did then rollout your dough until it’s 1/4 of an inchthick I used a ruler you know cuz that’swhat they used in the video I meanthey’re falling apart[Laughter]then get out your cookie cutters thatyou haven’t used it forever and startcutting out your dough[Music]repeat this process until you run out ofdough or you give up from exhaustionyoulay your cutout cookies on a bakingsheet then put them in the fridge for 20minutes to firm up so they keep theirshape and then put them in the oven forat least 10 to 12 minutesall right now it’s time to make thefrosting okay it’s so much to do in alarge bowl sift together four cups ofpowdered sugar and one teaspoon ofkosher salt[Music]once you finish with that add in 1/4 cupof pasteurized egg whites and then addone teaspoon of vanilla extractgradually mix the liquids into thepowdered sugarthis becomes a real workout becauseeventually this the the icing getsreally really thick and it gets harderand harder to mix it I had to takebreaks in betweenonce everything is well combined you canstart adding your food coloringall right so once you’ve separated youricing into bowls added your foodcoloring put them into piping bags it’snow time to decorate so seeing that thisis the first time I have ever icedcookies you know I wasn’t good at itnaturally you know but but gradually asI went along I started to get better atit[Music][Music]all right at this point in the video itwas like it was like 1 o’clock in themorning and I’d set up I sing like twodozen cookies it was just like so tiredat that point but however these cookiestasted awesome I totally loved them andpiping them was fun even though I wastired[Music]