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Mothers Day Sugar Cookies

5/12/2023

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INGREDIENTS
  • 2 cups Sweet Cream Salted Butter (softened)
  • 2 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 2 tablespoons Vanilla Extract
  • 4 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 6 cups All-Purpose Flour


INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Add the 4 sticks (2 cups) of butter and 2 cups of white sugar to your mixer. A word about the butter, we use Sweet Cream Salted Butter when we are baking and I think it tastes great with these sugar cookies too. The butter needs to be softened but still cold. A prime culprit for dry sugar cookie dough is butter that is too warm and soft. I let the butter sit out on the counter for just under an hour before I start making the cookies - this seems to be the perfect amount of time for me. The butter is still cold to the touch but you can press into the stick with your fingers. In the past, when in a rush, I have softened the butter in the microwave but inevitably the dough that I get is on the "crumbly" side.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar until it is completely mixed (3 minutes on medium-high should do the trick.)
  3. Add 2 tablespoons of vanilla and 2 eggs. I know that sounds like a lot of vanilla but this recipe needs a little extra moisture and the cookies will taste great.
  4. Mix the cookie dough until light and fluffy (about 3 more minutes.)
  5. Add 4 teaspoons of Baking Powder and mix.
  6. Mix in the 6 cups of flour two cups at a time. Don't over-mix the dough when you are adding the dry ingredients. Mix it only until the flour is incorporated into the dough.
  7. After you have added the 6 cups of Flour the dough should be firm but not dry or crumbly. If the dough seems to dry, add a tiny bit of vanilla or milk (start with a teaspoon) and mix again.
  8. Roll a handful of the dough out on a prepared surface until it's about 3/8" thick.
  9. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters.
  10. Bake in an oven pre-heated to 350 degrees for 6-10 minutes depending on the size of the cookie cutter you used. Do not over-bake! We like thicker sugar cookies so they will hold a good amount of frosting. If you make your cookies on the thick side as we have done in the pictures here, you should cook them 9-10 minutes. They might not look done to you but they are. Take them out of the oven. You don't want them to start browning around the edges the way a Chocolate Chip Cookie would, for example. The cookies should be set and just bet starting to slightly brown around the edges. Over-baking is the prime culprit if you feel your sugar cookies seem dry. If you roll out thinner cookies, or use smaller cookie cutters than the ones we have used here, you should only bake the cookies 6 or 7 minutes.
  11. Let your cookies cool and then they are ready for frosting.




​​VANILLA BUTTERCREAM:

INGREDIENTS:
-2 Cups SOFT, UNSALTED BUTTER
-1.5 tsp CLEAR VANILLA 
-3-4 to 1 Cup HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM
-7 Cups POWDERED SUGAR (2 lb bag)


INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Cream the butter with the paddle attachment. Cream on medium/high speed for 2-5 minutes. (Until creamy peanut butter consistency)
   2. Add your vanilla extract to creamed butter. Combine and mix.
4. Turn your mixer to the lowest speed. Add in your entire measurement of powdered sugar to the mixer.
5. Start adding 1/4 Cup increments of heavy cream. I like to recommend only using the heavy cream AS NEEDED. After 1-2 measurements of cream, up the speed on your mixer to medium/high speed. (Do not add more than needed. If you add too much cream your frosting will become soupy.)
6. Once you have hit your desired consistency, take mixing bowl off of mixer, and mix frosting with a wooden spoon. (This will release any extra air bubbles from your frosting and smooth it out a bit more. It works magic!)


7. I use my frosting within a few hours of making it. To keep it fresh, put into airtight pastry bags, or an airtight container to keep soft. Frosting can be refrigerated or frozen for future use.
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    Hi, Im Whitney Berge

    Aka, The Blonde who Bakes,I am a wife and mom of 3, and a self- taught baker. I did not attend any formal culinary training, but I believe that nothing compares to learning as you go.
    Being in the kitchen baking is something that has always been special to me, and I knew that I could use my business knowledge as well as my baking experience to bless others with some delicious desserts, but also teach them that they can do it as well.
    about 15 years ago, I made the decision to not continue in my schooling for Sports Medicine and jumped in to selling my cakes and desserts.
    My clientele grew steadily, and I had some very loyal customers. So I made the decision to open up a brick and mortar bakery. 
    a few years into the bakery, I had my first child. Though it was difficult trying to navigate being a new mom and business owner, I pushed though and continued with my dream. 3 months later, I had a very big surprise that I was pregnant again with baby boy #2. This is when I had to re-evaluate and make the hard decision to close my bakery. Little did I know, that was the best decision I could have ever made. 

    1 year after closing my bakery doors, I wanted to get back to my passion for baking 
    I knew that I needed to change my business strategy because I wanted to be at home with my 2 boys, yet still be able to be Whitney and continue to grow as an entrepreneur. After many long nights of trying to figure out how I could change my business structure yet do what I love.
    I knew that I still wanted to bake desserts for people, but I wanted to focus a lot more of my energy on teaching others how to bake and create delicious and beautiful things. 

    ​And that my friends, is when The Blonde who Bakes came to be. 

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