Frosted sugar cookies, compliments of VO2Max.Once again, my schizophrenic lifestyle is brought into sharp, sugar-sprinkled relief. Mr. Hyde logs 43 miles for the week, including a hill workout, plenty of strides, and a 15 1/2 miler. But as the week draws to a close, Dr. Jekyll decides he's going to offset all those benefits and bake some sugar cookies. 4 1/2 dozen sugar cookies, to be eaxct.
The recipe is courtesy of The Gourmet Cookbook.
Sugar Cookies
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar
4 cups all-purpose flour
Colored icing and sprinkles (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Whisk together sugars in a large bowl. Whisk in oil, eggs, vanilla, salt, baking powder, and cream of tartar until combined. Add flour and stir until a dough forms; dough will be dry and slightly crumbly.
3. Form level tablespoons of dough into balls and arrange about 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Flatten balls with bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar (edges of cookies will crack), then sprinkle cookies with sugar.
4. Bake cookies in batches until set but still pale for chewy cookies, about 8 minutes. You can go 10 minutes if you prefer a crisp cookie. Transfer to racks to cool.
5. If you have a budding pastry chef at home, you can let them ice and sprinkle the cookies.
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