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Overhead focus. A single sugar cookie on a wood surface.
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Single Sugar Cookie Recipe

A simple, soft sugar cookie that can be baked and eaten plain, rolled in coconut sugar, or topped with a light glaze. It's a very basic recipe that is great for adding different flavors to.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 1 cookie
Calories: 228kcal

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp. spelt flour
  • 1 tbsp. coconut sugar
  • ¼ tsp. baking powder
  • 1 small pinch salt (about 1/16 of a teaspoon)

Wet Ingredients

  • 2 tsp. melted butter
  • 2 tsp. milk (any type - unsweetened)
  • ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. coconut sugar (for sprinkling on top)

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a small baking sheet with parchment.
    350 degrees set on an oven display.
  • In a small bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
    Dry sugar cookie ingredients whisked together in a mixing bowl.
  • In another small bowl, stir together melted butter or oil, milk, and vanilla.
    Milk whisked with butter in a mixing bowl.
  • Add wet to dry and stir until a soft dough forms.
    Wet sugar cookie ingredients added to dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
  • Shape into a ball, set on the parchment, and flatten into a thick round about 2½ inches wide.
    Sugar cookie dough rolled into a ball in a hand.
  • Sprinkle the top with the extra teaspoon of coconut sugar.
    Sugar cookie dough ball, flattened and sprinkled with extra sweetener on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the edges look set and the top looks dry, but the center is still soft.
    A single baked sugar cookie cooling on the pan.
  • Cool on the pan for 5 minutes before lifting.
    Overhead focus. A single sugar cookie on a wood surface.

Notes

Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.

Nutrition

Serving: 1entire recipe | Calories: 228kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 490mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 266IU | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg