Chewy Sugar Cookies

This chewy sugar cookie recipe makes delicious cookies that are crisp on the outside and very chewy on the inside. Just the way I like them! These cookies are meant to be shaped or dropped. This recipe can easily be made into snickerdoodle cookies by rolling the dough in cinnamon sugar before baking.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 172 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ cup white sugar for decoration
• 1 ¼ cups margarine

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Stir flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.

Step 3

Beat sugar and margarine together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat first egg into mixture. Beat second egg into mixture along with vanilla extract; add flour mixture and stir until dough is just combined.

Step 4

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Step 5

Roll dough into walnut-sized balls; roll in 1/4 cup of sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned at the edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.