Vanilla Drop Cookies Recipes

VANILLA DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Whisk eggs in a large bowl until frothy.
• Add sugar, oil, vanilla and lemon zest; mix well.
• Stir the dry ingredients into egg mixture till well blended.
• Chill, covered for 30 minutes or more.
• Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Dip bottom of a flat-bottomed glass with water and dip glass into additional sugar.
• Press top of each cookie gently with the glass to flatten.
• Repeat with water and dipping in sugar for each cookie.
• Bake in 400° oven till cookies are lightly browned.
• Cool for 2 minutes on baking sheets.
• Then cool completely on wire racks.
• Store in airtight containers.

VANILLA WAFER COOKIES THAT ARE BETTER THAN STOREBOUGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix the dry ingredients thoroughly into butter mixture. Drop cookies about 2 inches apart, 1 teaspoon at a time, onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.

EASY DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cream together butter or margarine and white sugar. Add egg, vanilla and milk. Mix well.
• Gradually add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Roll spoonfuls of dough in your hands and dip one end in colored sugar. Place on baking sheets and press top down with a glass. Bake for 12 minutes.

SHAPED VANILLA COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together the margarine, sugar and eggs. Stir in vanilla, flour, baking soda and salt.
• Roll out (not too thin) and cut into any shape. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 minutes.
• I have used confectioner sugar frosting, or buttercream frosting, or even canned frosting ( if I'm desperate). Enjoy!

VANILLA DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter, sugar, eggs to a light yellow color. Takes maybe 5 minutes. Color will be almost white. If your using a standing mixer use speed 4. Then add vanilla, just a couple of turns on low.
• 2. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Add alternately with milk. Always ending with flour mix.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees, preheated oven for 8-10 mins. Should be golden brown and spring back when the tops are touched. Remove from cookie sheet immediately to cooling rack.
• 4. If you choose to glaze them. I've done it both ways cookie cooled or warm. It didnt matter. Worked well both ways. To save on clean up I place parchment or wax paper under the cooling rack when I glazed them.

VANILLA BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg, vanilla, and almond extract, if using, and beat well.
• Mix in flour.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake 10-12 minutes.

STIR AND DROP SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, mix 3/4 cup sugar, the oil, baking powder, vanilla, salt and eggs with spoon. Stir in flour.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press bottom of glass onto dough to grease, then dip into additional sugar; press on balls until 1/4-inch thickness. Dip bottom of glass onto a wet paper towel, then dip into dry gelatin; press onto dough. Repeat until desired color appears.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

BASIC VANILLA COOKIE DOUGH

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Beat butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, and beat until combined. Proceed with variations:Thumbprints and Ball CookiesShaped Icebox CookiesLayered Icebox CookiesGlazed Spritz CookiesCutout Cookies