Giant Sugar Cookies Food

GIANT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with one rack in upper third and another in lower third. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer on medium-high, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 4 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat well to combine.
• With mixer on low, add half the flour mixture, followed by sour cream, then remaining flour mixture; mix just until smooth. (Dough will be stiff; you may need to finish mixing it by hand with a wooden spoon.)
• Drop mounds of dough, each equal to about 3 tablespoons, 3 to 4 inches apart, onto two ungreased baking sheets; sprinkle with sugar. Bake until edges of cookies are just firm and tops are barely beginning to brown, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating sheets once halfway through. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

GIANT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Prehat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream shortening and sugars.
• Add egg yolks, milk and vanilla.
• Beat well.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add to sugar mixture.
• Chill dough at least 1 hour.
• On a well floured board, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness and cut with cookie cutters.
• Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 6-8 minutes on a ungreased cookie sheet.

GIANT CHOCOLATE SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
• 2. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in shortening (or additional butter). Add egg and vanilla; mix until creamy. Reduce speed to low. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until just combined.
• 3. Using a 2 1/2-inch ice cream scoop, drop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing about 4 inches apart. Bake until edges are firm, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to 2 days.

GIANT SKILLET COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Use 1 tablespoon of the butter to grease a 10-inch cast-iron skillet.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl. In another bowl, beat together the sugar and remaining butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla and egg and beat to combine. Add the flour mixture in 2 batches, beating slowly after each addition to incorporate.
• Scoop the dough into the prepared skillet and press it in evenly with your fingers. Decorate with the sprinkles as desired. Bake until the edges of the cookie are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool on a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

GIANT EASTER EGG COOKIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix the cookie dough with the flour until it is an even texture. Turn the dough out onto the prepared baking sheet and form it into the shape of an egg about 1/2-inch thick, 9 inches long and 7 inches wide at its widest point. Bake until golden around the edges, about 25 minutes. Remove the cookie from the oven to cool, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat the egg whites and sugar with an electric mixer until combined. Add the lemon juice and continue to beat until thick and glossy, about 5 minutes.
• Fill a pastry bag or plastic baggie with the icing, snip off a small corner and pipe decorations on the cookie. Attach the candies in patterns to make a decorative Easter egg.

GIANT SUGAR PLUM COOKIES

Steps:

• To make the filling: Place plums, sugar and butter in saucepan; cook over low heat until juices flow.
• Heat to boil; simmer 3 minutes or until plums are tender when pierced.
• Add cornstarch/water mixture and cook until mixture is clear and thickened; stir in lemon juice and set aside to cool.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Cream butter and sugars.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in sifted dry ingredients.
• Chill dough one hour.
• Preheat oven to 400F and spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Roll dough on floured board to 1/8" thickness; cut into 3 1/2" circles.
• Work with only a portion of dough at a time for ease of handling.
• Cut a 1" hole in middle of half of the circles.
• Put 2 tablespoons plum filling on center of the other half of the circles.
• Top with holed circle and crimp edges decoratively with a fork.
• Arrange on a cookie sheet.
• Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden; cool on rack.

BIG SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease large cookie sheets.
• In medium bowl, mix first 4 ingredients until well combined; set aside.
• In large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, cream butter and 1 cup of the granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in sour cream, eggs and vanilla.
• Beat in half the flour mixture until just combined. Stir in remaining flour mixture with a spoon (dough will be very soft). Spoon dough by heaping tablespoons on prepared baking sheets about 3 inches apart, making about 24 cookies.
• Butter the base of a flat bottomed glass that about 3 inches wide. Dip bottom of glass into the remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar. Use sugared glass to flatten cookies into 3 inch rounds, coating bottom of glass with sugar each time.
• Sprinkle cookies with some coarse sugar.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until tops spring back when lightly pressed. (Cookies will be very light in color).
• Immediately remove to racks to cool.

GIANT LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Beat in lemon zest and juice. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape 1/4 cupfuls of dough into balls. Place 6 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten to 3/4-in. thickness with bottom of a measuring cup. Lightly brush tops with water; sprinkle with coarse sugar., Bake until light brown, 12-15 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.

GIANT BROWN SUGAR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Blend together butter and brown sugar then beat in egg and vanilla.
• Mix together flour, salt and baking soda and then stir into batter mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips and chill dough for about an hour.
• Use 1/4 cup measure to form large mounds. Bake 17 to 18 minutes.