he bakers !! jon kyl here in today we're making that perfect sugar cookie these are so easy and with the addition of one ingredient they become a magical treat do you see this edge it is just vertical it didn't become a glob it wasn't frustrating to work with it only needed like a few minutes in the fridge to chill and that was just so I wouldn't get my finger prints on it to be honest all right
let's get started first off I'm adding four cups or 480 grams of all-purpose flour into my bowl and there's a sifter here too so it makes everything really easy half a teaspoon of salt one-third of a cup of corn starch this is the stuff that's gonna make it not spread it also makes your cookie kind of like tender and crisp at the same time not chewy though so if you like a chewy sugar cookie this is not for you but if you want your cookie to not spread out become a glob this is for you so sift this all out okay whisk it all up set it aside and now it's time for the butter and sugar into the bowl of my stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment I'm adding 226 grams or 1 cup of unsalted room-temperature butter let's give it a quick cream and then add in one cup or 200 grams of granulated sugar
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mix it up until it's nice and light and fluffy and just right you can give the bowl a quick scrape down not not necessary but it helps all right let me show you what light and fluffy means because I you always read that in recipes but some people are like what does that even mean this now the butter has become a lighter color so much closer to white and it's really fluffed up a lot it's got air pumped into there and the sugar is totally mixed in it's not dissolved that it's mixed in now we're gonna add in two room-temperature eggs one at a time room-temperature eggs incorporate way more easily and they're always what you want in baking except except for certain pastry things but as a whole other story well that first egg incorporate and that
the second one in all right definitely scrape that bowl down one more time I mix it up
now I'm gonna add a couple teaspoons of vanilla in just eyeball that out and mix it up you could have also used almond extract lemon zest the world is our oyster here is so many different flavorings to use add the flour and in one big batch making sure not to spill too much I call that a success mostly says still now let's mix it up unload to start off with okay now I think it's right yeah but take a moment move all that flour into there and scrape the bowl down one more time yes you could use a scraping paddle attachment I actually have one I got so many recommendations to buy one but I will tell you they really make everything fly up into the air while also mostly scraping the bottom you can tell me in the comments if you've had a similar experience or there's some magical thing I'm missing but the tea towel works great almost done there we go so here I want you to see this cornstarch works some magic this dough is like playdough almost it's not sticking to my fingers even those room-temperature and really if you wanted to use like toss it into the oven right now and it would be fine however this no chill dough will get chilled just
so I can have nice clean shapes cut out you know like right now like yes that cuts out nicely but it'll cut out nicely and handle nicely so you can transfer them around once it's chilled okay Thank You magical cornstarch right now we're gonna roll this out and then chill it dump that dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap I don't you can see it but it's here let's push it together now I'm sort of roll it out between two layers of plastic this only needs like 20 minutes in the fridge the only thing is that you don't want any of this dough to dry out in the fridge so it needs to be all covered by huh stick into the fridge just lay it flat and we'll be right back with a swap out my swap out was on the counter for like five minutes so it could warm up just a bit I actually made it last night so that's why it had to be there for a bit longer dust that surface really well I'm using a pastry mat by the way so it doesn't have to be direct work on the counter you know let's place this out you can see it cracked a lot because I place it on some some bottles there was no room in the fridge so it's all wavy when it came out and then it cracked flat let's flour the rolling pin and get to work can you hear that they're trimming trees next door and by trimming trees I mean completely cutting down a 50 year old pine tree and on similar note George doesn't feel like taking a nap all
I learned that some people didn't know this is my house they thought it was a set but it's actually where I live and the babies are and the tree trimmers work around so arrant noises here and there so I'll be cutting out a few different shapes circles my favorite and pigs I was looking for a non holiday cookie cutter and this is what I had so we're gonna give it a try these are probably gonna be a little bit sticking to the pastry mat if you want to do the best job ever divide the dough into two batches and it'll be much more easy to handle and move around but I wasn't feeling that so we're just gonna cut the circles out and then remove them all together okay that's a lot of circles so remove that excess you can reroll the excess into another batch of cookies and I'm gonna transfer these over onto my baking sheet you want to see some of the things you can do with circle cookies you can check out my how to make orchid cookies video and by how to make I think they're like a rose or flower one I'll put links to the blog posts or videos depending on what I can find have my circles and now it's time for a couple pigs why not batch one into the oven 375 for about 12 minutes you want to watch and keep an eye out I like my sugar cookies almost browned but not browned totally up to you though Brown is tasty too let's give it a try and see if it tastes as good as it looks that's nice I think a sugar cookie should be crispy on the outside and kind of soft and chewy on the inside that's what this is if you liked this video check out my chocolate chocolate chip cookie they are amazing
