I have this slight obsession with finding a sugar cookie recipe that will come as close as possible to my beloved Pepperidge Farm Sugar Cookies that I by at the grocery store. I love these cookies, I mean seriously they’re everything that I want, soft, chewy and positively delicious! I wanted a recipe that would give me those cookies. I found a recipe that absolutely surpasses all my expectationsI’m sorry Pepperidge Farms, I never thought I would say this, but you pale in comparison, yes… it’s true. I don’t ever have to by another boxed or bagged sugar cookie again, this is the one, the softest, chewiest , melt in your mouth sugar cookie I’ve ever made. One recipe obsession down….!. HA HA!!
Printable Recipe
Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Recipe from the Fallen Souffle blog
Ingredients
* 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 egg
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 – 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract (depending on how lemony you want them to be!)
* 1 tablespoon dried lemon peel
* 1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and very fluffy.
4. Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract and lemon peel.
5. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
6. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and roll in sugar. Place on lined cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart.
7. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned.
8. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
Yay, for new laptops when old ones bite the dust and leave to laptop heaven!
Everything looks stellar. The name of the chicken says it all simply great chicken! 🙂
So exactly how many more recipe obsessions do you have Bunny?!
~ingrid
Congratulations on your new laptop! I’m so happy for you that you have a husband who understands the computer addiction! I agree sometimes you feel like a nut, I mean a simple recipe, and sometimes you don’t! Everything looks tasty!
Such a cute post; so glad your hubby is so understanding of your needs! 🙂
The food looks so yummy!
the chicken looks delish. I love the presentation of the popsicles and the sugar cookies sounds fantastic.
Congrats on the new laptop!! Loved the bunny pictures, so cute. Everything sounds delicious, delicious chicken, the cookies look as if they will melt in the mouth and the popsicles so refreshing.
You are so lucky to have a good man!!!
YThe chiciken looks truly delicious & your cookies are a must try!!
I also love the Popsiclers,…Yummie all the way!!
I love your bunny!
So glad you were able to get a new laptop Bunny!! I love that chicken. I make it often and it’s truly the best! I am also loving the look of those tasty sugar cookies!!
GREAT menu!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on your new computer. I think my hubby would say the same thing.
I absolutely hear you about not having my computer. Fortunately we have a his and hers and when one is down usually the other one is still (limitedly LOL!!) available for the other to use (as evidenced by Ole Sweetie-Pi’s lost look this past week as HIS computer was in for repairs).
That chicken looks superb! I’ve only had it with bottled Italian dressing, no brown sugar, and I think that is the missing ingredient. I am definitely making this; I think I even have the dried Italian salad seasoning in my pantry.
You have sold me on the sugar cookies. I will be making these soon. Sugar cookies are Sweetie-Pi’s all time favorite cookie, and if you have discovered the best, well those are the ones I want too!
Adult popsicles, how positively delightful. We always have popsicles in the freezer here, they are eaten almost every day. What a fun, adult, upscale version. Will certainly have to give these a place in the freezer!!
Glad to hear you have a new computer. I know that I am lost without mine! All the food looks terrific but I love those cookies. Not much can top a good sugar cookie! I would love to try them.
your hubby’s a star–thank him for me, will ya? i couldn’t go on without some of the amazing things you post. case in point–those cookies! they’re sooo soft-looking! the chicken looks phenomenal too, and “simple” doesn’t even begin to describe the method. love it!
So glad that you’re back up and running! Nothing like a new computer to put the zip back in your do-da!
The chicken and cookies look fantastic and I’m going to try them both. Those popsicles! I could definitely use one right now!
Bunny I really love your soft and chewy sugae cookies, look amazing and delicious.
Congrats by your new laptop, love the bunny pictures!!! so nice! gloria
It’s only 37 degrees in Montana right now, but I want one of those popsicles!
Oh do I sympathize about the computer. I really am too dependent on it – and am so glad they were invented for home use! I am – making your chicken tonight. I am in “easy-mode” today and this looks scrmptious and I have the ingredients (always a plus). My daughter would like a bite of the sugar cookies and I wouldn’t mind a popsicle this evening…
As usual, they all looke great! I will try that chicken…always looking for new recipes.
Oh, I can feel your pain. My hubby thinks my battery is toast and I’m having the worst time getting my computer running any time it goes into sleep mode or gets shut down. You’ll find me in the fetal position when it finally sputters and dies on me. So glad you got another so you could post this super simple chicken dish. I’d hate to have missed it!
Girl! You had me laughing at the bunny pics! And your hubby rocks, I mean just buy the girl a new laptop and all is well in the world–smart man!
Cosmo popsicles? I am in heaven with those bad boys.
Oh my! I don’t know what I’d do w/o my computer.
That chicken looks absolutely delicious. Sugar cookies are one of my favorite cookies too. And, oh my, I think I got a buzz reading about the popsicles!
I would love one of those popsicles right now. But in liquid form would be just as good.