Sugar Cookie Question

[dcSaute]

Sugar cookies

1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup white granulated sugar
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

cream butter and sugar
beat in egg and vanilla

combine flour + baking powder + salt

add flour mix 1 cup at a time to creamed butter&sugar
chill dough for 3-4 hours

roll out dough, cut shapes with cookie cutter
brush with milk, sprinkle colored sugar

bake @ 350'F for 10-15 minutes - depends on size of cookie
remove as edges just start to brown.
place on rack to cool.

 

[CharlieD]

Isn't crumbly and soft & chewy a sort of oxymoron?
Wish I could help Charlie but dont' have one that is not crisp.

Except.... if you underbake a regular sugar cookie the centres could well be chewy. Do you think that's it?

I never asked for chew, the opposite actually. Soft and crumbly.

 

[dragnlaw]

Ahh, understood. I don't really make a lot of cookies anymore, other than Gingerbread and Sugar.
But I think I've mentioned if you keep them fairly thick they will be soft in the centres. At least that's my experience.

Also Charlie? - by Sugar Cookie, my definition is a cookie that is generally rolled out and cut into shapes... Is that what you want along with the soft and crumbly?
Or are you thinking just round like many cookies. eg peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chip.

 

[CharlieD]

Ahh, understood. I don't really make a lot of cookies anymore, other than Gingerbread and Sugar.
But I think I've mentioned if you keep them fairly thick they will be soft in the centres. At least that's my experience.

Also Charlie? - by Sugar Cookie, my definition is a cookie that is generally rolled out and cut into shapes... Is that what you want along with the soft and crumbly?
Or are you thinking just round like many cookies. eg peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chip.

Ok, I do not know how they are made, but usually the ones I've bought in the past indeed appeared as they were cut out in some sort of shape.

 

[dcSaute]

. . . and using a thicker 'rolled out' dough makes for seriously thicker cookies.
I've seen those - probably 3x the thickness of 'our family' recipes/methods involve....