Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster Cookies {Chewy Sugar Cookies}
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup softened unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 to 4 tablespoons buttermilk milk or cream
- pinch of salt
- green sugar sprinkles
- black icing
- green food coloring
Instructions
- In a bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl cream together the butter and the sugar with a hand mixer. Add the egg and vanilla and combine well.
- Gradually mix in the dry ingredients.
- Moisten the dough with a Tbls at a time of the milk until the mixture is just moist but not wet.
- Now, add in a few drops at a time of the green food coloring and mix until you get the color green you’re looking for.
- Now, put plastic wrap over the bowl and let sit in the fridge for an hour.
- Pre heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Take rounded tsps of the dough and roll it into balls, placing them about 1 1/2 inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet.
- Flatten the tops of the dough balls and sprinkle as many as you want with sprinkles, leaving the ones you want to decorate with faces plain.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until slightly golden brown along the edges.
- Let cool on the sheet for two minutes then with a spatula transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. They are now ready to decorate, enjoy!
Notes
If you just want to make a batch of these sugar cookies do everything the same except for adding the food coloring, still the best sugar cookies you ever ate!