The Best Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
Easy recipe for the best Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies — sweet, buttery and full of the classic vanilla flavor we all love.
Ingredients
Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 Nature's Yoke Omega-3 Free Range Eggs
- 1 vanilla bean, seed scraped and removed from pod
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
Buttercream Frosting
- 2 lbs confectioners sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 ºF.
- Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In medium bowl add flour, salt and baking powder. Stir to combine and set aside
- In bowl or mixer cream the butter for 30 seconds.
- Add sugar and continue mixing until completely combined.
- Add egg and mix until mixture is pale yellow and fluffy.
- With mixer on low/med add in the vanilla bean seeds and almond extract.
- Add flour mixture a little bit at a time and mix until just combined. Dough should form and come together as mixed.
- Divide dough into 3 balls.
- Roll out the first dough ball between two pieces of parchment paper to about 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut out your cookies as desired. Transfer cut outs to your prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are set and edges have begun to turn golden brown.
- Remove from oven and in 5 minutes transfer to cooling rack.
- Repeat with the rest of the dough until all cookies are baked.
Buttercream
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter.
- Start adding sugar in small increments alternating with milk as needed.
- Add vanilla extract. Mix until completely smooth and creamy.
- Spread or pipe onto cooled sugar cookies.
Notes
Sometimes the dough can get soft. This can be from butter that is too soft or a warm kitchen. If you find that your dough is sticking to the parchment as it is getting rolled out, go ahead and chill the dough for 10-15 minutes to firm back up.